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. 2009 Jan 21;2009(1):CD000059. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000059.pub2

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).
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