Marneros 1979.
Methods | Allocation: randomised; no further details.
Blindness: double.
Design: parallel.
Duration: 21 days (short‐term trial duration). Location: not indicated. Setting: inpatients. |
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Participants | Diagnosis: schizophrenia (criteria of K. Schneider). History: acute exacerbation. N = 20. Age: 20‐55 years. Sex: not indicated. | |
Interventions | 1. Camazepam: dose 40 mg/d + haloperidol 12 mg/d. N = 10. 2. Placebo + haloperidol: dose 12 mg/d. N = 10. | |
Outcomes | Leaving the study early. Unable to use: Global state: CGI (incomplete numbers). |
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Notes | Adjunctive treatment with benzodiazepine was significantly better in affective symptoms, like aggression etc. | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No randomisation mentioned in the publication, but the trial was described as “double‐blind.” Thus it was implied that the study was randomised. |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No further details. |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | “Double‐blind”, no further details. |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | “Double‐blind”, no further details. |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Three patients in the camazepame group left the trial early (30%) and no participant in the placebo group; the total number of patients leaving the trial early is moderate (15%). The trial authors provided the individual patient data. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | High risk | The outcomes that are of interest in the review were not fully addressed. The adverse effects were not fully addressed. |
Other bias | Unclear risk | Insufficient information to assess whether an important risk of bias exists. |