| Methods | Setting: single centre in China. Design: open‐label, 2 arm, parallel RCT. |
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| Participants | 148 participants with FD diagnosis (Rome III) with normal OGD. Exclusions: NSAID users. HP not routinely tested. |
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| Interventions | PPI: pantoprazole 40 mg/day. Prokinetic: mosapride 5 mg 3 times/day. Duration: 2 weeks. |
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| Outcomes | Decrease overall symptoms scores of FD. Absolute difference in overall symptoms score decrease. |
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| Notes | Chinese language. Funding not stated. | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | Random number table used. |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No information provided. |
| Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | High risk | Open‐label, participants and personnel not blinded. |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | High risk | Open‐label, outcome assessors not blinded. |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | No loss to follow‐up. |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | Reported planned outcome data. |
| Other bias | Low risk | No other risk of bias identified. |