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. 2021 Sep 12;2021(9):CD011612. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011612.pub3

Sanacora 2014 (a).

Study characteristics
Methods Double‐blind randomised controlled trial
Participants Diagnosis: DSM‐IV major depressive disorder; at least two adequate lifetime antidepressant trials that failed; HRSD‐17 score ≥ 20
N: 34
Age: lanicemine group M = 47.6 (SE = 3.0); placebo group M = 43.9 (SE = 3.0)
Sex: lanicemine group 56% female; placebo group 61% female
Baseline depression severity: lanicemine group HAM‐D = 25.9 (SD = 1.1); placebo group MADRS = 25.4 (SD = 0.8)
Interventions 1 single IV infusion
Lanicemine (AZD6765) (N = 16) 100 mg infused over 60 minutes
Placebo (N = 18) 0.9% saline infused over 60 minutes
Concomitant treatment: Unclear
Outcomes MADRS
VAS
BPRS
CogState
Adverse events
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Quote: ''double‐blind randomized study'' no further details given
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Quote: ''double‐blind randomized study'' no further details given
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk Quote: ''double‐blind'' no further details given
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk Quote: ''double‐blind'' no further details given
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk Dropouts not reported
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Protocol unavailable. Data reported matches methods
Other bias Low risk No other potential sources of bias identified