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. 2020 Jan 16;2020(1):CD012093. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012093.pub2

NCT01246518.

Methods RCT (parallel)
Study design: Open
Sample size calculation: Unknown
Diagnosis mycology: Culture
Big toenail specified: Yes
Statistical comparisons for outcomes: Unknown
Duration of follow‐up: 9 and 3 months
Time points of measurements: 12 months
Location: 15 sites, Sweden (cities/institutions unknown)
Participants Total n: 250
Age: 18 ‐ 70 years of age
Sex: Men and women (ratio unknown)
Inclusion criteria: Clinical diagnosis of distal subungual onychomycosis (DSO) of at least 1 great toenail affecting 25% ‐ 75% nail, positive culture for a dermatophyte
Exclusion criteria: Proximal subungual onychomycosis, DSO of both great toenails where unaffected proximal nail is less than 2 mm, spikes, dermatophytoma, oral and topical antifungal use within 3 and 1 month of screening, respectively, signs of severe peripheral circulatory insufficiency, immunosuppression, participation in a clinical trial during the previous 4 weeks, known allergies to treatment products, pre‐menopausal women who are pregnant or nursing, not surgically sterile, or not practicing acceptable birth control
Disease duration: Unknown
Comparable at baseline: Unknown
Causative species: dermatophytes
Number of people lost to follow‐up: Unknown
Trial duration: December 2010 ‐ October 2012
Interventions Drug in study arm 1: MOB015 once a day for 3 months, n = unknown
Drug in study arm 2: MOB015 once a day for 9 months, n = unknown
Outcomes Mycologic cure (negative microscopy and culture) at 12 months
Proportion of participants with negative culture, negative microscopy, and complete cure at 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months
Adverse events: not reported
Notes Industry provided financial support. Last update posted on clinicaltrials.gov: 25 October 2012; Email correspondence: Data are not available. Phase 3 trials with this agent are ongoing, NCT02859519 and NCT02866032
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Email response: "randomisation using the method of randomly permuted blocks."
Comment: Method of randomisation appropriate
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Email response: "randomisation lists will be prepared by [a third party]...group will be allocated in the web‐based e‐CRF provided by [the third party]"
Comment: Allocation concealment appropriate
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Comment: Open‐label study
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Comment: Open‐label study
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Comment: No information in trial registry
Selective reporting (reporting bias) High risk Comment: Outcome (complete cure) provided in clinical trial register not defined
Other bias Unclear risk Comment: Not a multiple treatment arm study, but there are no results to assess