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. 2011 Aug 10;2011(8):CD003460. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003460.pub3

Delmont 1981.

Methods RCT
Participants 60 IBS patients
Setting unclear
Mean age 57 years
67% female
Interventions Spasmolytic 
 pinaverium tds for 30 days
Outcomes abdominal pain, dichotomous 
 global assessment, dichotomous
Notes unclear setting 
 No run‐in
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not described
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not described
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Double blind ‐ procedures not described
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk 3 drop‐outs
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Expected outcomes were reported
Other bias Low risk The study appears to be free of other sources of bias