Erlandsen 1977 (H).
Methods | Allocation: randomised. Blindness: double. Duration: 40 days. Setting: inpatients. | |
Participants | Diagnosis: schizophrenia (no diagnostic criteria). N=40. Sex: male. Age: range 22 to 75 years, average 43 years. History: mean duration of illness 15 years. | |
Interventions | 1. Clozapine: dose 50 to 400 mg/day. N=19. 2. Haloperidol: dose 1 to 8 mg/day. N=21. | |
Outcomes | Leaving the study early.
Global assessment.
Laboratory tests. Unable to use ‐ Mental state: BPRS (no SDs). |
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Notes | Jadad score 1. No wash‐out period before trial reported. Low haloperidol doses may not have been comparable to clozapine doses. | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Adequate sequence generation? | Unclear risk | Randomised ‐ no further details |
Allocation concealment? | Unclear risk | No details |
Blinding? All outcomes | High risk | Double blind, but investigators were able to guess correctly in all patients after two to three days, due to the sedating and relaxing effect of clozapine |
Incomplete outcome data addressed? All outcomes | Low risk | Study attrition reported |
Free of selective reporting? | Unclear risk | No details |
Free of other bias? | Unclear risk | Unclear |