Lampertico 1994.

Methods	Randomisation: yes Blinding: no Intention to treat: no Methodological score: 13
Participants	‐ Patients with acute hepatitis C ‐ n = 48 ‐ Arms (IFN/C): 27/21 ‐ RNA + at entry: 18/9 ‐ Excluded: 1/2 ‐ Mean age (y): 49/44 ‐ Male (%): 65/47 ‐ Transfusion (%): 100/100 ‐ Drug abuse (%): 0/0 ‐ Genotype: NDA ‐ Mean disease duration (wk): 7/9
Interventions	‐ Schedule: Control: no intervention Experimental: IFN alpha‐2b 3 MU tiw x 3 mo ‐ F/U: 15 mo
Outcomes	‐ Biochemical ETR and SR ‐ Virologic ETR and SR
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Allocation concealment?	Unclear risk	B ‐ Unclear