Wilcox 2011.
Methods | Double‐blind placebo‐controlled trial Pilot study Setting: (not specified), USA Recruitment: community volunteers Study period: not reported |
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Participants | N = 78 Inclusion criteria: male and female white smokers of European descent, at least 18 years of age, who were smoking ≥ 10 cigarettes/d for ≥ 5 years and were in generally good physical and mental health Exclusion criteria: not reported |
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Interventions | Rimonabant 20 mg/d (n = 48) vs placebo (n = 28) for 10 weeks | |
Outcomes | Smoking status; exhaled CO level | |
Funding source | This study reports analysis of pharmacogenetics. | |
Declaration of interest | Pharmacology Research Institute and laboratory of one of the study authors at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) | |
Notes | Not reported | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No relevant information reported |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No relevant information reported |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Double‐blind design but no other information reported |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Double‐blind design but no other information reported |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Not reported |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | No information on protocol availability reported |
Other bias | Unclear risk | Distribution of ethnicities between treatment groups unclear |