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Table 3 Design quality of included trials

From: Evaluation of efficacy and safety for Brucea javanica oil emulsion in the control of the malignant pleural effusions via thoracic perfusion

Study

Region

Sequence generation

Allocation concealment

Blind

Outcome data

Selective outcome reporting

Other sources of bias

ITT

Risk of bias

Guo Y 2004 [13]

Single center

Random number table (SPSS)

Unclear

Unclear

Yes

No

Unclear

Yes

Unclear risk of bias

Lei H 2006 [14]

Single center

Random number table (SPSS)

Unclear

Unclear

Yes

No

Unclear

Yes

Unclear risk of bias

Wang H 2007 [15]

Single center

Random number table (SPSS)

Clear

Unclear

Yes

No

Unclear

Yes

Unclear risk of bias

Wu S 2009 [16]

Single center

Random number table (SPSS)

Unclear

Unclear

Yes

No

Unclear

Yes

Unclear risk of bias

Fu X 2009 [17]

Single center

Random number table (SPSS)

Unclear

Unclear

Yes

No

Clear

Yes

Low risk of bias

Chen Y 2011 [18]

Single center

Random number table (SPSS)

Unclear

Unclear

Yes

No

Unclear

Yes

Unclear risk of bias

Jia L 2011 [19]

Single center

Random number table (SPSS)

Unclear

Unclear

Yes

No

Unclear

Yes

Unclear risk of bias

Liu B 2012 [20]

Single center

Random number table (SPSS)

Unclear

Unclear

Yes

No

Clear

Yes

Low risk of bias

Zhang J 2012 [21]

Single center

Random number table (SPSS)

Unclear

Unclear

Yes

No

Clear

Yes

Low risk of bias

Zhang H 2013 [22]

Single center

Random number table (SPSS)

Unclear

Unclear

Yes

No

Clear

Yes

Low risk of bias

Yang G 2014 [23]

Multiple center

Random number table (SPSS)

Unclear

Unclear

Yes

No

Clear

Yes

Low risk of bias

Yang H 2014 [24]

Single center

Random number table (SPSS)

Unclear

Unclear

Yes

No

Clear

Yes

Low risk of bias

Yue K 2016 [25]

Single center

Random number table (SPSS)

Unclear

Clear

Yes

No

Clear

Yes

Low risk of bias

Wang C 2016 [26]

Single center

Random number table (SAS)

Unclear

Unclear

Yes

No

Clear

Yes

Low risk of bias

  1. SAS SAS software, SPSS SPSS software, ITT intention-to-treat