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. 2016 Nov 10;2016(11):CD002783. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002783.pub4

Arneson 1978.

Methods Allocation: random
Single blind
Exclusions after randomisation: 1
Loss to follow‐up: nil
Participants Country: Norway
Participants: 43
Age: < 70 years
Sex: Male and female
Inclusion criteria: inpatients with venographically confirmed DVT extending proximally beyond the calf < 5 days duration
Exclusion criteria: bleeding dysfunction; surgery within 7 days; GI/GU bleeding; stroke; diastolic BP > 120 mmHg; hypertensive retinopathy grade 3 ‐ 4; renal/hepatic insufficiency; pregnancy; malignancy; age > 70
Interventions Treatment: streptokinase 250,000 U loading IV, then 100,000 IU/hour IV 72 ‐ 96 hours
Control: heparin 15,000 IU IV bolus, 30,000 IU infusion IV 72 ‐ 90 hours
Co‐treatment: hydrocortisone 100 mg IV, then prednisolone 10 mg three times daily during streptokinase infusion. Warfarin begun after streptokinase along with heparin until warfarin effective
In control group, warfarin begun after 72 ‐ 90 hours with continuation of heparin until warfarin effective
Outcomes 21 days: mortality; PE; major bleeding; clot lysis
6 years: mortality; recurrent DVT; post‐thrombotic syndrome; leg ulceration
Notes 40 randomised, 1 excluded as diagnosis of DVT in error
 3 patients included who were not randomised, 2 streptokinase, 1 control
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk "...performed by our statistician on the basis of random numbers"
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk " ...allocation to the treatment groups was performed by using sealed envelopes"
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk not possible due to intervention but judged low risk as outcome assessment well described
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk "the radiologic evaluation was done without knowledge of the treatment given"
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk no missing data
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk all outcomes reported
Other bias Low risk none