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

Dubarry 1977.

Methods RCT
Participants 20 IBS patients
Outpatient setting
Diagnostic criteria not defined
Interventions Spasmolytic 
 6 days pinaverium 50 mg tds
Outcomes Abdominal pain, dichotomous
Notes 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, methods not described
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No 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