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. 2015 Nov 12;2015(11):CD009464. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009464.pub2

Crawford 1986.

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
Interventions Nabilone 1 mg orally every 8 hours, n = 32
Metoclopramide 1 mg/kg IV every 3 hours, n = 32
Outcomes Episodes of vomiting during 24 hours, nausea, dizziness, euphoria and drowsiness
Notes  
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"