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. 2018 Oct 18;2018(10):CD009431. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009431.pub3

Shen 2014.

Methods Randomised to two drugs. (aimed to assess the add‐on effect of itopride to azintamide.Single‐centre. Criteria for FD: Rome III and assessed only abdominal distension.(PDS)
Participants N = 80
Female 41%
Mean age: 57.42 years for the intervention group and 64.17 years for the control group (P > 0.05)
Country of study: China
Interventions Intervention: itopride one tablet three times a day + azintamide three times a day (no dose provided)
Comparator: azintamide three times a day (no dose provided)
Rescue medication: azintamide
Duration of treatment: 2 weeks
Outcomes Physicians assessed abdominal distension, duration 0 to 3 scores, severity 0 to 3
Notes Mean age was significant different between two groups
Article In Chinese
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Randomly
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No information
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No information
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No information
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No dropouts
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Reported all pre‐defined outcomes
Other bias Low risk No other risk found