Boulesteix 1995.
Methods | RCT | |
Participants | French multicentre trial of children 6 months to 6 years old | |
Interventions | Cefpodoxime 4 mg/kg twice daily for 5 days versus cefixime 4 mg/kg twice daily for 8 days | |
Outcomes | Absence or improvement of signs and symptoms at 8 to 10 days and no recurrence at 30 to 40 days after study entry | |
Notes | — | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | |
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) Treatment failure at 1 month or less | High risk | |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) Treatment failure at 1 month or less | Low risk | |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | |
Other bias | Unclear risk | Funding not declared |