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Table 2 Selected trials identified by literature search and reasons for exclusion.

From: Blood pressure lowering treatment for preventing stroke recurrence: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Reason for Exclusion

ACCESS [27]

Acute study, no control

Kaplan [31]

Observational, not randomized or interventional

Lehigh Valley [26]

Not randomized or interventional

MOSES [30]

Not placebo controlled, compared two antihypertensives

Ribas Mundó [25]

Not randomized or placebo controlled

PEACE [28]

Less than ten stroke survivors per arm

SAPSI [29]

Not randomized or interventional

VALUE [32]

Not placebo controlled, compared two antihypertensives