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Methods | Controlled trial, single‐blind | |
Participants | 21 pairs of students and employers at the University of California, aged between 24 and 50 years who lived together or worked in close proximity | |
Interventions | Recombinant, live attenuated R 75 vaccine (B/Hong Kong/5/72 and B/Russia/69) containing 107.5 EID/dose versus placebo (allantoic fluid). Lyophilised vaccine was supplied by Smith, Kline & French Laboratories and diluted with 2.5 mL of a 5% sucrose solution just before administration. Both preparations were administered intranasally (5 drops/nostril). In each pair 1 individual received vaccine and the other placebo. A second dose was administered 14 days apart. | |
Outcomes | Any clinical symptoms within 7 days after each immunisation (rhinitis, cough, pharyngitis, headache, malaise, and myalgia were the prominently observed symptoms, but given as aggregates). | |
Notes | Reported safety data do not allow quantitative analysis. Industry funded |
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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 |