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. 2015 Apr 1;2015(4):CD002919. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002919.pub3

Oguzhanoglu 1999.

Methods Single‐centre, open‐label, randomised, parallel study: fluoxetine versus amitriptyline
 No control for symptomatic/analgesic medications use
Participants Country: Turkey
 Overall: N = 52; Sex: 6 M, 41 F (sex not reported for drop‐outs)
 Migraine group: N = 17; Sex: 3 M, 12 F (sex not reported for drop‐outs); mean age: 31
 Diagnosis: migraine (N = 17), CTTH (N = 14) and ETTH (N = 21), all defined according to International Headache Society criteria (IHS 1988)
 Exclusion criteria: antidepressants use in the previous year, score > 17 Hamilton Depression Scale
 Recruitment: from November 1996 to September 1997, no other information
Interventions N = 22 amitriptyline to a maximum of 50 mg/day
 N = 25 fluoxetine 20 mg/day
Duration of active treatment: unclear
Outcomes 1. Headache frequency (number of days with headache/30 days)
 2. Pain intensity (not defined)
 3. Headache duration (not defined)
Notes Overall, 5 drop‐outs (10%) for side effects (2 in the migraine group)
 Per protocol analysis
No sample size calculation
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk No information
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No information
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Open label
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Moderate drop‐out rate (2/17, 11.7%), reasons reported
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk No information
Other bias Unclear risk Financial support not reported