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. 2018 Nov 26;2018(11):CD011423. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011423.pub2

Gupta 2014.

Methods Trial design: randomised, split‐mouth trial
Location: not reported
Number of centres: not reported
Recruitment period: not stated
Source of funding: reported, no funding
Ethical approval: yes, Institutional Review Board
Number of surgeons: not stated
Participants Inclusion criteria: patients selected were in good general health, having an intrabony defect ≥ 2 mm with PD ≥ 6 mm
 Exclusion criteria: patients with abnormal platelet count, smokers, and pregnant women
 Age at baseline: not stated
 Gender: not stated
 Smokers: excluded
 Teeth treated: maxillary and mandibular arch
 Number randomised (participants/teeth): 10/20
 Number evaluated (participants/teeth): 10/20
Interventions Comparison: PRP/HA versus HA alone
Test group: PRP/HA (n = 10)
Control group: HA alone (n = 10)
Surgical technique: OFD + intrabony defects were treated with HA bone graft in control group and PRP was additionally applied in test group
Follow‐up duration: 1 year
Outcomes Clinical: plaque control record, BOP, PD, and relative attachment level
Radiographic: INFRA (size of the defect)
Other: none
Notes Sample size calculation: not reported
Radiographs were taken with a bite block for ensuring reproducibility
Comparability at baseline: yes, assessed
Complications reported: no
Dropouts: not reported
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Quote: "10 L‐AgP [localized aggressive periodontitis] patients having bilateral intrabony defect ≥ 2 mm and probing depth (PD) ≥ 6 mm were randomly treated either with the PRP/HA graft or HA graft alone"
Comment: not sufficient information provided regarding the method of random sequence generation
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Quote: "10 L‐AgP patients having bilateral intrabony defect ≥ 2 mm and probing depth (PD) ≥ 6 mm were randomly treated either with the PRP/HA graft or HA graft alone"
Comment: not sufficient information provided regarding the method of allocation concealment
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Impossible to blind the operator given the surgical nature of the treatment
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No information provided
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk It is not reported wether all patients concluded the study or not
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk All outcomes properly reported