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. 2021 Feb 3;2021(2):CD008684. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008684.pub3

Morisco 1993.

Study characteristics
Methods RCT with parallel design
Participants 641 adult (> 18 years) participants with NYHA III or IV heart failure
319 participants in the coenzyme Q10 group and 322 in the placebo group
Interventions Intervention: coenzyme Q10 50 mg twice or 3 times daily
Control: placebo
Outcomes NYHA clinical status
Incidence of severe cardiovascular complications (pulmonary oedema, cardiac asthma, arrhythmia)
Length of hospitalisation
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Computer‐generated allocation
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Details about allocation concealment were not mentioned
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes Low risk Double‐blind
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk No information given
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes High risk 37 participants dropped out in the treatment group and 41 dropped out in the placebo group
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk No study protocol was available
Other bias Low risk No other bias was found