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. 2017 Sep 7;2017(9):CD011823. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011823.pub2

Wilcox 2011.

Methods Double‐blind placebo‐controlled trial
Pilot study
Setting: (not specified), USA
Recruitment: community volunteers
Study period: not reported
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
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