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. 2017 Apr 21;2017(4):CD011384. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011384.pub2

Storck 1968.

Methods Randomised clinical trial
Participants Country: Sweden
 Number randomised: 43
 Postrandomisation dropouts: not stated
 Revised sample size: 43
 Average age: 59 years
 Women: 28 (65.1%)
 Acute interstitial oedematous pancreatitis: not stated
 Necrotising pancreatitis: not stated
 Mild pancreatitis: not stated
 Moderate pancreatitis: not stated
 Severe pancreatitis: not stated
 Persistent organ failure: not stated
 Infected pancreatitis: not stated
 Inclusion criteria: people with acute pancreatitis
Interventions Group 1: aprotinin (n = 21), first half of the trial ‐ 50,000 to 100,000 units per day and then dose doubled for an average of 12 days
 Group 2: placebo (n = 22)
Outcomes Mortality
Follow‐up: not stated (probably until discharge)
Notes Reasons for postrandomisation dropouts: not stated
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Comment: this information was not available.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Quote: "[s]ealed envelopes"
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Quote: "double blind"
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Quote: "double blind"
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Comment: this information was not available.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) High risk Comment: either mortality or adverse events were not reported.
For profit‐bias Unclear risk Comment: this information was not available.
Other bias Low risk Comment: no other risk of bias