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. 2004 Jan 26;2004(1):CD003545. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003545.pub2

Bishop 1967.

Methods Allocation: "prearranged randomised procedure". 
 Blindness: double (identical capsules in individual bottles labeled with the subjects' study number). 
 Design: 2 parallel groups, single centre. 
 Duration: 6 weeks (preceded for 2 weeks washout). 
 Analysis: intention‐to‐treat described only for side effects and use of antiparkinson agents. 
 Country: USA.
Participants Diagnosis: schizophrenia, no further information. 
 N=52. 
 Age: range 19‐51 years, mean 30.8 years. 
 Sex: M 15, F 37. 
 Setting: hospital. 
 History: first admission, or no more than 2 hospitalisations with good remissions.
Interventions 1. Trifluoperazine: range 7.5‐30 mg/day. N=27. 
 2. SK&F 14336 (acridanes) range 100‐400 mg/day. N=25.
Outcomes Global state: (CGI). 
 Leaving the study early. 
 Side effects. 
 Use of antiparkinson agents.
Unable to use ‐ 
 Mental state: (BPRS ‐ only "p" value). 
 Behaviour: (NOSIE ‐ only "p" value). 
 Laboratory tests ‐ no data. 
 Vital signs ‐ no data.
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment? Unclear risk B ‐ Unclear