Efficacy and safety of lanthanum carbonate on chronic kidney disease–mineral and bone disorder in dialysis patients: a systematic review

Table 2 Summary of quality measures of included studies

	Randomisation method	Allocation concealment	Blinding: Participants	Blinding: Investigators	Blinding: Outcome assessors	Blinding: Data assessors	ITT	% Follow-up
Fouad Al-Baaj 2005	NS	NS	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	94
Melanie S. Joy 2003	NS	NS	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	87
Finn WF 2006	NS	NS	No	No	No	No	No	38
Patrick.C 2003	NS	NS	No	No	No	No	Yes	64
N. D TOUSSAINT 2011	Computer-generated random numbers	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	67
T.shigematsu 2008	NS	NS	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	99
H H Mallache 2008	NS	NS	No	No	No	No	No	47
T.shigematsu 2007	A single stream scheme	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	91
Spasovski GB 2006	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	No	83
A.J. Hutchison 2005	NS	NS	No	No	No	No	Yes	58
S.-S. Chiang 2005	NS	NS	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	69
Finn WF 2004	NS	NS	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	63
Yong Kyu Lee 2013	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	No	69
Xu 2013	NS	NS	Yes	Yes	NS	NS	Yes	99
Sprague, S.M 2009	NS	NS	Yes	Yes	NS	NS	Yes	90
Kasai, S 2012	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	Yes	95

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