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

Jones 1982.

Study characteristics
Methods Prospective, randomised, double‐blind, 2‐period cross‐over trial
Participants 54 people; aged 20‐37 years (n = 9), 38‐57 years (n = 23), > 58 years (n = 22)
Tumour types: breast cancer (15 people), lymphoma (12 people), ovarian cancer (8 people), lung cancer (7 people), melanoma (3 people), testicular cancer (2 people), miscellaneous (7 people)
Chemotherapy regimens: adriamycin‐based regimens (25 people), cisplatinum‐based regimens (14 people), other combinations (12 people). No information on doses reported
Chemotherapy emetogenicity: high
Interventions Nabilone 2 mg every 12 hours orally, n = 54
Placebo, n = 54
Outcomes Episodes of nausea and vomiting unclear time period of results unclear; withdrawal due to severe nausea and vomiting; episodes of drowsiness, euphoria, hallucination, hypotension
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 24/54 (44%) participants received nabilone, 24/54 (44%) participants received placebo
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Data reported for primary outcome
Other bias Unclear risk Assumed washout period sufficient. Unclear if paired analysis was 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"