Meeuwsen 2002.
| Methods | Randomised placebo‐controlled trial | |
| Participants | 85 healthy postmenopausal women, who were ≥ 1 year and at maximum 15 years after natural menopause. Mean age 54.2 years | |
| Interventions |
Administered for 1 year |
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| Outcomes | Vasomotor symptoms, unscheduled bleeding and sleep | |
| Notes | Timing: not reported Location: Netherlands Multi‐centre: no; single site |
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| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not explained how the randomisation list was generated |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not specified |
| Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Tablets of identical appearance |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Not specified, but given the nature of the outcome assessed, its evaluation is likely to be "objective" |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Reasons given for withdrawals (4 women) |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Study protocol not available |
| Conflict of interest | High risk | Drug manufacturer was involved in the trial (random sequence generation was performed by the drug manufacturer) |