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. 2016 Feb 2;2016(2):CD007786. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007786.pub3

Emir 2013.

Methods RCT
Cross‐over
Participants Paediatric patients (age 1 to 16 years, median 7 years; 13/23 male) receiving cisplatin‐containing chemotherapy regimens
Interventions Granisetron 0.04 mg/kg plus dexamethasone 0.2 mg/kg
Granisetron 0.04 mg/kg, dexamethasone 0.2 mg/kg, midazolam 0.04 mg/kg, and diphenhydramine 2.5 mg/kg
Outcomes Number of vomits
Severity of nausea (no definition of how this was defined given in paper)
Use of rescue therapy
Adverse events
Complete response was defined as no nausea or vomiting, partial response as 1 or 2 vomits but no need for rescue therapy, no response as more than 3 emetic episodes or need for rescue therapy
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not stated
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not stated
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 Acute nausea Unclear risk Not stated
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 Acute vomiting Unclear risk Not stated
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 Other outcomes Unclear risk Not stated
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk All participants accounted for in results
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk All outcomes reported
Other bias Unclear risk Paired data not provided