Didier 2007.
Methods | Randomised DBPC trial Multicentre |
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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 |