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

Gwynne 1962.

Methods Allocation: randomly assigned, no further details. 
 Blindness: double (identical capsules). 
 Design: 3 parallel groups, single centre. 
 Duration: 16 weeks (preceded by at least 1 month washout). 
 Analysis: intention‐to‐treat not performed in the trial. 
 Country: USA.
Participants Diagnosis: schizophrenia, no further details. 
 N=78. 
 Age: mean 49 years. 
 Sex: M 39, F 39. 
 Setting: hospital. 
 History: chronic illness (average time in hospital 20 years); withdrawal for at least 1 year; poor response to previous therapy.
Interventions 1. Trifluoperazine: range 10‐40 mg/day, mean at week‐16, 11.2 mg. N=26. 
 2. Chlorpromazine: range 100‐400 mg/day, mean at week‐16, 146mg. N=26. 
 3. Placebo: N=26.
Outcomes Leaving the study early. 
 Side effects.
Unable to use ‐ 
 Mental state: (Lorr Multidimensional Scale for Rating Psychiatric Patients ‐ only "p" value).
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment? Unclear risk B ‐ Unclear