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. 2018 Feb 1;2018(2):CD001269. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001269.pub6

ab Evans 1976.

Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants 162 healthy participants aged 18 to 61 years
Interventions Bivalent live attenuated vaccine WRL 105 (recombinant of A/Okuda/57 and A/Finland/4/74) containing 107.0 EID50 virus/0.5 mL dose versus placebo. Both preparations were administered intranasally 3 to 4 weeks apart.
Outcomes Reactions to immunisation were observed for 7 days after each dose. Local symptoms (referable to the upper respiratory tract, mainly nasal obstruction, nasal discharge, or sore throat) reported as mild, moderate, or severe. General symptoms (mainly headache, fever, or myalgia). Local and general symptoms are further reported in different intensity classes (mild, moderate, severe, lasting for at least 4 days) reported as mild, moderate, or severe. Use of analgesics.
Notes Safety data only were extracted.
Funding source ‐ mixed
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Unclear
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Unclear
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Unclear
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Unclear
Summary assessment Unclear risk Unclear