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Table 4 Quality assessment of clinical trials by Jadad score

From: Administration of mesenchymal stem cells in diabetic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author, year

Type

Randomization

Concealment of allocation

Double blinding

Withdrawals and dropouts

Jaded score

Packham et al., 2016

Multicenter, randomized, double-blind, dose-escalating, sequential, placebo-controlled trial

An Interactive Voice Response System/Interactive Web Response System (IVRS/IWRS) was accessed to randomize eligible patients.

All infusions were prepared by an unblinded pharmacist at the phase 1 unit who provided to the blinded clinical staff visually identical infusion products comprising rexlemestrocel-L or saline suspended in 100 mL normal saline.

Patients, investigators, and the sponsor were blinded to the treatment allocation through the entire 60-week study.

Yes

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