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. 2014 Oct 30;2014(10):CD003039. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003039.pub2

Mayordomo 1995.

Study characteristics
Methods Placebo‐controlled, industry‐funded, single‐center trial
Participants Adults; mixed tumors; ANC < 0.5 x 109/L
Interventions G‐CSF (filgrastim) 5 mcg/kg IV
OR
GM‐CSF (molgramostim) 5 mcg/kg IV
ATB: Amikacin + Ceftazidime
Outcomes Overall mortality
Infection‐related mortality
People with hospitalization for greater than 10 days
Bone and joint pain or flu‐like symptoms
Time to neutrophil recovery
Notes Hospital discharge criteria: afebrile for at least 48 hours; ANC at least 1000/mm3
Duration of grade IV neutropenia reported as median number of days of neutropenia ANC < 0.5 x 109/L
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) High risk Description of method of sequence generation not provided
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Sealed envelopes were used
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias)
All outcomes High risk There was no blinding
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes High risk There was no blinding
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes High risk There was no blinding
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Low risk ITT analysis used, withdrawals are described
Other bias Low risk Prespecified values of sample size, alpha and beta errors were provided