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. 2018 Oct 26;2018(10):CD007554. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007554.pub3

di Paolo 2000.

Methods
  • Study design: cross‐over RCT

  • Study duration: not reported

  • Follow‐up period: 3 months

Participants
  • Country: Italy

  • Setting: single centre

  • CAPD patients with clinical signs such as hypotension and hyperhydration

  • Number: 9

  • Mean age (range): 72.5 years (50 to 83)

  • Sex (M/F): 6/3

  • Exclusion criteria: not reported

Interventions
  • Night dwell (> 6 hours) of icodextrin


Cross‐over design, with two study periods of 3 months each, separated by a 2 week wash out period
Outcomes
  • Arterial BP

Notes
  • The study was reported in abstract form only, with BP the only clinical endpoint reported. Data from the first arm of the cross‐over study was unable to be isolated. Attempts to contact the authors for further information were unsuccessful due to inability to find contact details

Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Other bias Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement