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. 2021 Jul 5;2021(7):CD011301. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011301.pub2

Firoz 2012.

Study characteristics
Methods Study design‐ randomised, double‐blind, split‐face design, active controlled, parallel 2‐arm, onabotulinumtoxinA versus AbobotulinumtoxinA in glabellar and forehead lines (Poster)
Study date‐ no information
Study setting‐ no information
Participants Randomised 74 participants, with mean age of 50 years (32‐65 years). Gender‐ no information
Inclusion criteria‐ no information
Exclusion criteria‐ no information
Severity of disease‐ moderate to severe glabellar lines and raising forehead‐ split face
Ethnicity‐ 43.2% Caucasian, 2.8% black, 51.4% Hispanic, 1.4% Asian and 1.4% other
Interventions Duration of study‐ 24 weeks
Intervention
  • OnabotulinumtoxinA (no U specified) 0.4mL; 0.1 mL into the procerus and each corrugator, 0.05 mL/site, four injections in frontalis (N =70)


Comparator
  • AbobotulinumtoxinA (no U specified) 0. 4mL; 0.1 mL into the procerus and each corrugator, 0.05mL/site, four injections in frontalis (N =70)


Ratio‐ no information
Outcomes Primary outcome
  • Onset of action


Secondary outcomes
  • Duration of action

  • Patient satisfaction

  • Pain during injection

Notes “Commercial support: None identified”
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Quote: "Using a random number generator, patients received" page AB210
Comment: We considered low risk of bias
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No information
Comment: we considered unclear risk of bias due to the authors did not provide the methods used for maintain the allocation concealment
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes Low risk Quote: "patients received identical volumes and injection patterns of one product in the right corrugator and frontalis, and the other product in the left." (page AB21)
Comment: We considered low risk of bias since the authors adopted proper actions to assure blinding of personnel and patients.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk No information about outcome assessors blinding
Comment: we considered unclear risk of bias
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk No information about losses
Comment: we considered unclear risk of bias
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk All prespecified outcomes were reported
Comment: we considered low risk of bias
Other bias Low risk We considered this study at low risk of other bias