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. 2013 Mar 28;2013(3):CD002106. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002106.pub4

Grippaudo 2010.

Methods Single centre, parallel, RCT
Participants 80 patients (male 31; female 49) aged between 2 and 65 years with second degree burns to TBSA < 10%.
Interventions Topical application of ionic hydrogel (Procutase) versus application of silver sulphadiazine (SSD) 1% cream on emergency department presentation
Outcomes Time to wound healing
Wound infection
Pain
Adverse effects
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk "..computer random number generator..."
Comment: done
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk "Once the patient was found to meet enrolment criteria (...) he or she was assigned to one arm or the other of the treatment tree".
Inadequate information provided to ascertain whether allocation was concealed
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Participants would have been aware of treatment group assignment as interventions differed
Treating study personnel would have been aware of treatment group assignment as interventions differed
Outcome assessor was "unaware which treatment arm was assigned to the subject, and evaluated the wound after the removal of dressing and its cleaning with saline by the nurse"
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No losses to follow‐up
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Study protocol not available for assessment
Key outcome data identified in study methods section disclosed
Data on adverse events were not completely reported. 
Other bias Low risk None detected