Chen 2015.

Methods	Design: parallel RCT Randomisation method: not reported Blinding: no Power calculation: no Dropouts/withdrawals: no
Participants	People with non‐small cell lung cancer who were receiving chemotherapy Number (treatment/control): 72 (36/36) Mean age (range): 58.53 (42‐72) Gender (M/F): 43/29 Country: Shanghai city, China Setting: hospital
Interventions	Indirect moxa cone on ginger + conventional medicine vs conventional medicine Treatment group Indirect moxa cone Indirect moxa cone on ginger placed on the acupoints ST36 zusanli) and RN12 (zhongwan) continuous 3 cones, once per day Treatment duration: 10 days Chemotherapy with docetaxel + cisplatin (TP)/gemcitabine + cisplatin (GP)/toxal + cisplatin (NP) for 8 days Conventional treatment Control group Chemotherapy with TP/GP/NP for 8 days Conventional treatment Treatment duration: 10 days Conventional treatment Granisetron hydrochloride 3 mg and dexamethasone 5 mg, iv, 1/d
Outcomes	FACT‐L4.0 (PWB) at the end of treatment
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Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not described
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	No relevant description
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	There was no loss to follow‐up. All participants were included in the analysis.
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	Limited outcome measures were reported.
Other bias	Unclear risk	There was a statement about group similarity but without baseline characteristics data presented
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	High risk	No blinding
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) Subjective outcomes	High risk	No blinding
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) Objective outcomes	Unclear risk	No objective outcome was reported.