Kawaguchi 2008.
Methods | Randomised clinical trial, Japan | |
Participants | 29 hospitalised adults with cirrhosis, at nutritional risk due to the trialist indication Male:Female = 18:11 Mean age = 63.2 years Exclusion criteria: Ascites or renal failure |
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Interventions | Experimental group: Supplement 200 kcal(n = 18) Control group: No energy supplied (fasting)(n = 11) | |
Outcomes | Self‐rating questionnaire (physical symptoms and mental symptoms), biochemical parameters, CT or MRI. | |
Study dates | April 2005 to July 2006 | |
Notes | We contacted the authors on 19th August 2015 by email: takumi@med.kurume‐u.ac.jp . We received no reply. | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not described |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not described |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Not described |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Not described |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | The number of participants with incomplete data was not reported. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | No protocol could be obtained and the trial did not report on all‐cause mortality or serious adverse events. |
For‐profit bias | Low risk | The trial was funded by grants from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan, the Vehicle Racing Commemorative Foundation, Japan, and the Ishibashi Foundation for the Promotion of Science, Japan. |
Other bias | Low risk | The trial appeared to be free of other components that could put it at risk of bias. |