Wallin 1977.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods | Parallel Randomized Controlled Trial, Ctegory A, Jadad 3 | |
Participants | Forty two men with condyloma acuminata whose ages ranged between 19 and 36 years (mean 24 years) were allocated in two treatment groups that were described as similar in age, marital status, size of warts and warts distribution | |
Interventions | 1) 5‐FU Group ‐ 5‐FU cream 5% self‐applied every night for 2 weeks, n=20 2) Podophyllin Group ‐ Podophyllin 25% solution applied to the warts by the doctor once a week for four consecutive weeks, n=22 |
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Outcomes | 1) Failure ‐ defined as total absence of response 2) Recurrence ‐ defined as reappearance of lesions during treatment after a initial response, in the follow up 3) Cure ‐ defined as disappearance of genital warts |
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Notes | Follow up was done by 4 weeks | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | Quote: "The patients were allocated in two treatment groups using a table of random numbers." Comment: Probably done |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | Quote: "...using a table of random numbers." Comment: Probably done |
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Not described Comment: Problaby not done |