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. 2017 Jun 28;2017(6):CD012217. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012217.pub2

Xu 2007.

Methods Allocation: randomised.
Blindness: not stated.
Duration: 8 weeks.
Participants Diagnosis: schizophrenia (CCMD‐3).
N = 160.
Age: 16‐50.
Sex: 88 men 72 women.
History: not stated.
Inclusion criteria: Blood, urine and biochemical tests normal.
Exclusion criteria: Brain organic mental disorders; drug induced mental disorders.
Interventions 1. WDD (please see details in Table 5) + clozapine: dose clozapine 50 mg/d to 100 mg/d. N = 80.
 2. Clozapine: dose clozapine 200‐400mg/d. N = 80.
Outcomes Global state: cure (binary BPRS scores ‐ reduced >75%, 50% to 75%, 25% to 50%, no effect ‐ < 25%).
Adverse events: insomnia, sleepiness, nausea or vomiting, constipation, dizzying or headache, EPS, EEG abnormal, liver function abnormal (TESS).
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Quote: "randomly divided in to intervention group and control …"
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not stated.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Not stated.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not stated.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No missing outcome data.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk We were unable to locate original study protocol, however, all outcomes listed in the 'methods' section of the paper appear to have been measured and reported.
Other bias Low risk No obvious other bias.