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. 1998 Apr 27;1998(2):CD000954. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000954

Lukac 1985.

Methods A randomized double‐blind placebo‐controlled clinical trial 
 Parallel design
Participants N=15, 13 female and 2 male 
 N= 8 in the Ketanserin group and N=7 in the placebo group 
 Mean age = 51.1 yrs 
 Source of Population: Community 
 Country: Czechoslovakia. 
 1 patient dropped out.
Interventions Oral Ketanserin or placebo 20mg TID for 1st month 
 Oral Ketanserin or placebo 40mg TID for 2nd and 3rd months
Outcomes Infrared radiometry for circulatiory damage 
 U/S doppler for circulatory damage 
 Capillary microscopy for circulatory damage 
 Hand temperature 
 Circulatory defects by ring thermographic index in std conditions and after cold stress 
 Velocity of blood flow 
 Number and extent of acral ulcerations 
 BP 
 Heart frequency 
 Body weight 
 Patient complaints 
 ESR, CBC, plasma electrophoresis, AST, ALT, ANA, C3, latex fixation test 
 Measurements taken at baseline and 3 months 
 Duration: 3 months
Notes Qualtiy Score = 3