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. |
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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). |
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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 |