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

Stewart 1969.

Methods Allocation: randomly assigned, no further information. 
 Blindness: double (identical capsules). 
 Design: crossover. 
 Duration: 14 days (washout) + 28 days (1st placebo period) + 56 days (first drug period) + 28 days (2nd placebo period) + 56 days (2nd drug period). 
 Analysis: intention‐to‐treat. 
 Country: Canada.
Participants Diagnosis: schizophrenia, no further details. 
 N=50. 
 Age: range 33‐59 years, mean 48.6 years. 
 Sex: M 17, F 8 each group. 
 Setting: hospital. 
 History: "chronic" (hospitalised from 3‐37 years); free of epilepsy, chronic brain syndrome and arterioesclerosis and none lobotomized.
Interventions 1. Trifluoperazine: range 4‐16 mg/day. N=25. 
 2. Haloperidol: range 4‐16 mg/day. N=25.
Outcomes Global state: (overall Improvement).
Unable to use ‐ 
 Mental state: (BPRS; IMPS; Rockland‐Pollin Scale). 
 Side effects. 
 Behaviour: (MACC ‐ modified). 
 Laboratory tests. 
 Vital signs.
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment? Unclear risk B ‐ Unclear