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. 2017 Mar 23;2017(3):CD006324. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006324.pub3

Kong 2001.

Methods Allocation: unclear.
Blindness: unclear.
Duration: 8 weeks.
Design: multicentre.
Setting: inpatients.
Participants Diagnosis: schizophrenia (CCMD‐2‐R)*.
N = 60.
Age: < 42 years.
Sex: 38 male and 22 female.
History: partial response to clozapine, but criteria not clearly specified.
Interventions 1. Clozapine plus risperidone: clozapine mean dose 400 mg/day and risperidone mean dose 4 mg/day to 6 mg/day. SDs not provided. N = 30.
2. Clozapine plus sulpiride: clozapine mean dose 500 mg/day and sulpiride mean dose 800 mg/day to 1200 mg/day. SDs not provided. N = 30.
Outcomes Clinically significant response: 20% to 50% reduction PANSS total.
Clinical response: mental state (PANSS total, PANSS positive, PANSS negative).
Adverse effects: weight gain, hypersalivation.
Leaving the study early.
Unable to use:
Adverse effects: TESS score.
Notes *It is unclear whether patients with schizoaffective disorder were enrolled.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information. Allocation done by hospital number so possibly not concealed.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Insufficient information.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Insufficient information.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No one left early.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk No protocol available.
Other bias Unclear risk We could not rule out the potential for other bias.