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

Orr 1981.

Study characteristics
Methods Randomised double‐blind 2‐period cross‐over
Participants 79 people (28 men/51 women) aged 22‐71 years, mean = 46 years
Tumour type: variety of neoplasms
Chemotherapy regimen: doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, 5‐fluorouracil (with methotrexate), nitrogen mustard, imidazole carboxamide, nitrosaurea and cytosine arabinoside. No information on doses reported
Chemotherapy emetogenicity: high (5‐fluorouracil + methotrexate low risk but only 3/55 people)
Interventions Dronabinol 7 mg/m2 every 4 hours x 4 doses orally, n = 79
Prochlorperazine 7 mg every 4 hours x 4 doses orally, n = 79
Outcomes Nausea 24 hours post treatment and adverse events
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 55/79 (69%) participants in both groups analysed
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 "Identical capsule used"
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes Low risk States "double‐blind"