Liu 2009.

Study characteristics
Methods	Study design: RCT Number of centers/setting: not reported Country: China Dates of the study: not reported
Participants	Total number of participants randomized: 108 tamsulosin group: 53 control group: 55 Age: not reported Sex (M/F): not reported Stone location: ureteral Stone size: not reported Inclusion criteria: single ureteral stone Exclusion criteria: not reported
Interventions	Treatment group: tamsulosin 0.2 mg/day standard care: conservative therapy PRN, e.g. hydration, antibiotics, acetaminophen Control group: conservative therapy only SWL: not reported
Outcomes	Primary: primary stone clearance How measured: abdominal x‐ray Time point measured: 2 weeks Secondary: number and intensity postdischarge pain Subgroups: stone size (≥ 10 mm, < 10 mm), stone location (proximal, distal ureteral)
Funding sources	Not reported
Declarations of interest	Not reported
Notes	Language of publication: English Type of publication: abstract only Date of contact attempt with study authors: none Contact status: N/A
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Comment: method of random sequence generation not described.
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Comment: allocation concealment not addressed.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	High risk	Comment: no mention of placebo; participants likely not blinded.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) Investigator assessed; susceptible (stone clearance, time to stone clearance)	High risk	Comment: unlikely that outcome assessors were blinded.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) Investigator assessed; susceptible (major adverse events)	High risk	Comment: unlikely that outcome assessors were blinded.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Comment: unable to assess what proportion of randomized participants were included in outcome analyses.
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	Comment: no protocol available.
Other bias (additional SWL sessions)	Unclear risk	Comment: unclear whether > 1 SWL session was administered.