| Study | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|
| Aapro 1991 | Population not restricted to adults receiving palliative care or suffering from an incurable progressive medical condition. Underlying diagnoses not clear. Prophylaxis of chemotherapy‐associated nausea and vomiting |
| Aldrete 1995 | Population not restricted to adults suffering from an incurable progressive medical condition |
| Braude 2006 | Population not restricted to adults receiving palliative care or suffering from an incurable progressive medical condition. Any diagnosis causing nausea or vomiting |
| Casey 2011 | Not a RCT; not specific to droperidol |
| Cheung 2011 | Not specific to droperidol |
| Dale 2011 | Not a RCT; not specific to droperidol |
| Etievant 2010 | Not specific to droperidol, nausea or vomiting |
| Feyer 2011 | Prophylaxis and treatment of chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting |
| Fujii 1987 | Prophylaxis of chemotherapy‐associated nausea and vomiting |
| Getto 2011 | Population not restricted to adults receiving palliative care or suffering from an incurable progressive medical condition |
| Glare 2011 | Not specific to droperidol |
| Gonzales 2011 | Not specific to droperidol |
| Hardy 2010 | Not specific to droperidol |
| Herrstedt 1991 | Population not restricted to adults receiving palliative care or suffering from an incurable progressive medical condition. Prophylaxis of chemotherapy‐associated nausea and vomiting |
| Jacobs 1980 | Population not restricted to adults receiving palliative care or suffering from an incurable progressive medical condition (stage of cancers not documented). Prophylaxis of chemotherapy‐associated nausea and vomiting |
| Kim 1994 | Prophylaxis of interleukin‐associated nausea and vomiting |
| Lehoczky 2001 | Not randomised. Prophylaxis of chemotherapy‐associated nausea and vomiting |
| Lennox 1985 | Population not restricted to adults receiving palliative care or suffering from an incurable progressive medical condition. Prophylaxis of chemotherapy‐associated nausea and vomiting. Abstract only |
| Lewis 1984 | Population not restricted to adults receiving palliative care or suffering from an incurable progressive medical condition. Prophylaxis of chemotherapy‐associated nausea and vomiting |
| McHugh 2011 | Not specific to droperidol |
| McNicol 2003 | Systematic review rather than randomised controlled trial. Not specific to droperidol, nausea or vomiting |
| Melsom 1982 | Prophylaxis of chemotherapy‐associated nausea and vomiting |
| Minegishi 2003 | Population not restricted to adults receiving palliative care or suffering from an incurable progressive medical condition (stage of cancers not documented). Prophylaxis of chemotherapy‐associated nausea and vomiting |
| Muller 1989 | Inadequate detail to assess population (abstract only), but not restricted to adults receiving palliative care or suffering from an incurable progressive medical condition. Prophylaxis of chemotherapy‐associated nausea and vomiting |
| Niijima 1986 | Population not restricted to adults receiving palliative care or suffering from an incurable progressive medical condition. Prophylaxis of chemotherapy‐associated nausea and vomiting |
| O'Connor 2011 | Not specific to droperidol |
| Owens 1984 | Population not restricted to adults receiving palliative care or suffering from an incurable progressive medical condition. Prophylaxis of chemotherapy‐associated nausea and vomiting |
| Patanwala 2010 | Not randomised. Population not restricted to adults receiving palliative care or suffering from an incurable progressive medical condition |
| Poka 1993 | Population not restricted to adults receiving palliative care or suffering from an incurable progressive medical condition. Prophylaxis of chemotherapy‐associated nausea and vomiting |
| Richards 2011 | Not specific to droperidol, nausea or vomiting |
| Roberts 1985 | Population not restricted to adults receiving palliative care or suffering from an incurable progressive medical condition. Prophylaxis of chemotherapy‐associated nausea and vomiting |
| Sagae 2003 | Population not restricted to adults receiving palliative care or suffering from an incurable progressive medical condition. Prophylaxis of chemotherapy‐associated nausea and vomiting |
| Saller 1986 | Population not restricted to adults receiving palliative care or suffering from an incurable progressive medical condition. Prophylaxis of chemotherapy‐associated nausea and vomiting |
| Smith 2010 | Not specific to droperidol |
| Smith 2011 | Not specific to droperidol |
| Smith 2012 | Not specific to droperidol |
| Stuart‐Harris 1983 | Population not restricted to adults receiving palliative care or suffering from an incurable progressive medical condition. Prophylaxis of chemotherapy‐associated nausea and vomiting |
| Thangathurai 2010 | Not a RCT |
| Tramer 1999 | Population not restricted to adults receiving palliative care or suffering from an incurable progressive medical condition. Prophylaxis of postoperative nausea and vomiting |
| White 1992 | Not a RCT ‐ groups treated sequentially. Prophylaxis of chemotherapy‐associated nausea and vomiting |
| Yang 2011 | Not specific to droperidol, nausea or vomiting |
RCT: randomised controlled trial