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. 2012 Oct 17;2012(10):CD000188. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000188.pub2

Dohn 1968.

Methods Study design: Randomised by 'drug coding', double blinded, cross‐over trial.
Withdrawals post‐randomisation: 2 subjects completed first 12 week period only.
Participants Country: Denmark.
No. of patients: 44 randomised.
Age: 5 subjects < 50 years, 34 subjects 50 to 69 years, 5 subjects > 70 years.
Gender: male.
Inclusion criteria: Intermittent claudication, "43 due to arteriosclerosis, 1 due to Buerger's disease'".
Exclusion criteria: None mentioned.
Interventions Treatment: 300 mg testosterone isobutyrate (orally), once every 24 days.
Control: 50 mg meprobromate.
Duration: 12 weeks treatment followed by 12 weeks control or vice versa.
Outcomes Subjective effects, metronome walking test, plethysmography, side effects.
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk B ‐ Unclear