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
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.