| Study | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|
| Blackie 1990 | Cross‐over design |
| Buchman 1994 | The primary outcome was not clinical; pharmacokinetic study |
| Gelb 1989 | Cross‐over design |
| Koller 1990 | Cross‐over design |
| Lange 1991 | This study has recruited part of the same population from Greene 1990; the primary outcome was not clinical |
| Lorentz 1991 | Cross‐over design |
| Lu 1995 | Cross‐over design |
| Maurri 1990 | Not randomised |
| Moore 1991 | Cross‐over design |
| Ostergaard 1994 | Cross‐over design |
| Perlmutter 1989 | Cross‐over design |
| Relja 1993 | Not randomised |
| Tsui 1986 | Cross‐over design |
| Tsui 1988 | The primary outcome was not clinical |
| Yoshimura 1990 | This study has recruited part of the same population from Gelb 1989 |