Scott 1994.

Methods	Study design: parallel RCT Study time frame/recruitment period: not reported Follow‐up period: 19 months
Participants	Country: UK Setting: single centre PD patients Number: treatment group (30); control groups (59) Mean age ± SD (years): not reported Sex (M/F): not reported Diabetes: not reported Exclusion criteria: not reported
Interventions	Treatment group Double cuff, straight Tenckhoff Control group 1 Standard coiled catheter Control group 2 Oreopoulos (Toronto Western double‐disk) Other information Catheters inserted surgically under standard standardised conditions and surgical techniques
Outcomes	Death Peritonitis
Notes	Funding source: not reported
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, unclear
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	High risk	Not all the outcomes of interest were reported
Other bias	Unclear risk	Insufficient information to permit judgement