Sabin 1998.

Methods	Randomised clinical trial, Germany
Participants	80 hospitalised adults admitted for PEG placement, at nutritional risk due to being in an ICU
Interventions	Experimental group: Enteral nutrition 3 hrs after PEG placement for 1 day(n = 40) Control group: i.v. fluids for 2 days(n = 40) Co‐interventions: Normal enteral nutrition from 2nd day
Outcomes	RV, complications, mortality, pneumoperitoneum
Study dates	Not stated
Notes	We contacted the authors on 13th December 2015 by email: med2.keymling@klinikum‐meiningen.de. 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)	Low risk	The trial reported serious adverse events and mortality.
For‐profit bias	Unclear risk	It was unclear how the trial was funded.
Other bias	Low risk	The trial appeared to be free of other components that could put it at risk of bias.