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. 2012 Nov 14;2012(11):CD006391. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006391.pub2

Marneros 1979.

Methods Allocation: randomised; no further details. 
 Blindness: double. 
 Design: parallel. 
 Duration: 21 days (short‐term trial duration).
Location: not indicated. 
 Setting: inpatients.
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).
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.