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. 2007 Oct 17;2007(4):CD001943. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001943.pub2

Clark 1972.

Methods Allocation: random, stratified age and sex.
 Blinding: double blind‐identical capsules.
 Duration: 12 weeks, with 12 weeks washout.
Participants Diagnosis: schizophrenia, confirmed by project psychiatrist.
 N=55.
 Age: 21‐60 years.
 Sex: 31 M, 24 F.
 History: inpatients, ill for at least 2 years.
Interventions 1. Loxapine: dose 10 mg/day increased to 100 mg/day in 25 days. N=18
 2. Chlorpromazine: dose 100 mg/day increased to 1gm/day . N=19.
 3. Placebo. N=18.
Antiparkinsonian medication allowed as required.
Outcomes Global effect: CGI (improvement).
 Adverse effects(physical examination, lab results, ECG and eye examination).
Unable to use ‐
 Global effect: CGI (severity) (no SD).
 Mental state: BPRS (no SD).
 Behaviour: NOSIE (no SD).
Notes Weight increase or decrease ‐ 10 lbs.
 All blood test abnormalities combined.
 For CGI (improvement) reading by psychiatrist 2 used (randomly chosen by lots).
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk B ‐ Unclear