Kallenberg 1987.
Methods | Double‐blind randomized cross‐over trial | |
Participants | 16 patients 8 with primary Raynaud's ‐ 6 female and 2 male Mean age 34 years, range 25 to 47 Duration of disease 20 years, range 3 to 37 8 with secondary Raynaud's ‐ 5 female and 3 male Mean age 44 years, range 28 to 63 Duration of disease 17 years, range 9 to 24 |
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Interventions | Nifedipine or placebo | |
Outcomes | Side effects | |
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 study |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Participant diary used to record subjective assessments |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Only 1/16 dropouts |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | None detected |
Other bias | Unclear risk | Evidence insufficient for judgement of risk |