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. 2010 Dec 8;2010(12):CD002893. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002893.pub2

Didier 2007.

Methods Randomised DBPC trial
Multicentre
Participants Adults (age range 18 to 45 years) 
 Active 155 (ITT 136) 
 Active discontinued 22 
 Placebo 156 (ITT 148) 
 Placebo discontinued 10
Interventions Sublingual tablets mixed grass (orchard, meadow, perennial rye, sweet vernal, timothy grass) 
 4 months pre‐seasonal and co‐seasonal treatment 
 Mean dosage 25 mcg/ml of the group 5 major allergens
Outcomes Symptom score 
 Quality of life 
 Grass pollen specific IgE
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Adequate sequence generation? Low risk Computer‐generated randomisation list utilised
Allocation concealment? Low risk Central allocation
Blinding? 
 All outcomes Low risk Both investigators and participants were blinded to allocation. To maintain the blinding, patients took 2 tablets per day during the first 5 days of titration and 1 tablet per day from day 6 until the end of treatment.
Incomplete outcome data addressed? 
 All outcomes Low risk Outcome data were completed for each main outcome. Attrition and exclusions were reported. The numbers in each intervention group and reasons for attrition/exclusions were reported.
Free of selective reporting? Low risk The specified outcomes in the methodology were reported in the results section
Free of other bias? Low risk No other sources of bias were detected or suspected