Freitas 2000.

Methods	Generation of the randomisation list and allocation concealment: method not reported. Lost to the follow‐up period: not reported. Complete results reported only for 104/111 patients. Intention‐to‐ treat‐analysis: no.
Participants	Country: Portugal. Cirrhotic patients with endoscopy‐proven non spurting variceal bleeding.
Interventions	EVS: intra‐para variceal 0.5 to 1 ml of absolute ethanol (max 12 ml). Octreotide: 48‐h continuous iv infusion of 25 µg/h.
Outcomes	48‐h failure to control bleeding. 7‐day re‐bleeding. 30‐day mortality.
Notes	Patients with spurting variceal bleeding were included in a parallel trial of sclerotherapy plus octreotide vs sclerotherapy alone.
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Adequate sequence generation?	Unclear risk	Unclear
Allocation concealment?	Unclear risk	Unclear