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Table 2 Results relating to clinical change and study attrition.

From: Chlorpromazine for schizophrenia: a Cochrane systematic review of 50 years of randomised controlled trials

 

Months

Number of trials

Chlorpromazine

Placebo

RR (95% CI)

Test for heterogeneity

   

events/total participants

  

Relapse

6–24

3

108/202

159/192

0.65 (0.5–9.0)

Chi2 7.83, df 2, p = 0.02 I2 = 74.5%*

No global improvement

2–6

13

470/654

406/467

0.76 (0.7–0.9)

Chi2 25.4, df 12, p = 0.01 I2 = 52.8%

Leaving the study early

6–24

2

38/254

33/238

1.09 (0.7–1.6)

Chi2 0.47, df 1, p = 0.49 I2 = 0%

  1. * no clear cause of heterogeneity found on close re-inspection of trials