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. 2017 Dec 13;2017(12):CD000467. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000467.pub2

Gjorup 1986a.

Methods Double‐blind placebo‐controlled randomized trial
 Cross‐over design
Participants N = 19 patients ‐ 15 female, 4 male
Median age 40 years, range 22 to 60 
 All with typical Raynaud's phenomenon
 Selected from files of general practitioners in hospital area
 Study completed by all patients
Interventions 3‐Week periods of active and placebo treatment
Participants assigned to receive nisoldipine or placebo during first period
Study conducted during March and April
 Total study duration 6 weeks
Outcomes Participant diary used to record daily number of attacks, grade of the most severe attack (on a scale from 1 to 10), whether the day had been better or worse than expected, and overall evaluation of preferred treatment
Side effects also recorded
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Evidence insufficient for judgement of risk
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Evidence insufficient for judgement of risk
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk "Double‐blind cross‐over study"
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk "Patients recorded number of attacks, severity, and efficacy."
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No loss to follow‐up
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk None detected
Other bias Unclear risk No mention of a washout period between cross‐over phases