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. 2004 Jul 19;2004(3):CD001720. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001720.pub2

Chouinard 1978.

Methods Allocation: randomised. 
 Blindness: double. 
 Duration: 9 months.
Participants Diagnosis: schizophrenia. 
 History: informed consent given. 
 N=32. 
 Age: 20‐60 years. 
 Sex: 16M, 16F. 
 Setting: community.
Interventions 1. Pipothiazine palmitate: dose range 25‐100 mg/IM/month. N=16. 
 2. Fluphenazine enanthate: dose range 6.25‐100 mg/IM/biweekly. N=16.
Dose adjusted to therapeutic response.
Outcomes Global impression: CGI. 
 Mental state: BPRS. 
 Leaving the study early. 
 Additional medication. 
 Adverse effects: HRSD, EPS, TESE.
Unable to use ‐ 
 Adverse effects (no SD). 
 Physiological measures (non‐clinical outcomes, data not usable).
Notes Statistics: last observation carried forward.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment? Unclear risk B ‐ Unclear