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

George 1983.

Study characteristics
Methods Randomized double‐blind 2‐period cross‐over study
Participants 20 people, mean age 54.1 years
Tumour type: advanced gynaecological cancer who vomited during the first chemotherapy treatment
Chemotherapy regimen: cis‐platinum (50 mg/m2) with hydration. Vomited during the first treatment. Doxorubicin (40 mg/m2), cyclophosphamide (600 mg/m2) and cis‐platinum (11 people); cyclophosphamide 600 mg and cis‐platinum (3 people); cis‐platinum (6 people)
Chemotherapy emetogenicity: high
Interventions Nabilone 1 mg 24 hours before chemotherapy then 1 mg 3 times daily orally
Chlorpromazine 12.5 mg IM before chemotherapy with additional dose if requested
Outcomes Number of vomiting episodes in 24 hours, participant preference, adverse events
Notes Translated from French
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Randomly allocated by lottery
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Identical placebo
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Low risk All people were included in the analysis
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Data reported for primary outcome
Other bias Low risk There was no evident difference caused by the order of administration of the drugs
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes Low risk Identical placebo, double‐dummy tablets used
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes Low risk Blinding assumed as study reported as double‐blind