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Study characteristics | ||
Methods | Randomised, 2‐period cross‐over study | |
Participants | 32 people Tumour type: adenocarcinoma of the ovary or germ cell tumours. Chemotherapy regimen: cisplatin 100 mg/m2, cyclophosphamide and doxorubicin (for people with adenocarcinoma of ovary), cisplatin 120 mg/m2, methotrexate and vincristine (for people with germ cell tumours). No information on doses reported Chemotherapy emetogenicity: high |
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Interventions | Nabilone 1 mg orally every 8 hours, n = 32 Metoclopramide 1 mg/kg IV every 3 hours, n = 32 |
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Outcomes | Episodes of vomiting during 24 hours, nausea, dizziness, euphoria and drowsiness | |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not reported |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not reported |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | High risk | 7/32 (22%) participants received the 4 planned treatment and only 37/64 (58%) participants received 1 or 2 treatment episodes of nabilone and 39/64 (61%) participants received 1 or 2 treatment episodes of metochlopramide |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | Data reported for primary outcome |
Other bias | High risk | Assumed washout period sufficient. Paired analysis was not performed. Unclear if groups were balanced at baseline |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Reported as "double‐blind" |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Blinding assumed as study reported as "double‐blind" |