Heijerman 1990.
Methods | Randomised, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled cross‐over trial for 2 successive 14‐day treatment periods. | |
Participants | 8 adults with CF (5 males, 3 females) mean age 28 years, range 21 ‐ 43 years. 1 withdrawal during treatment period with enprostil because of severe diarrhoea and abdominal discomfort. | |
Interventions | 2 groups: 1. oral ranitidine 2x 150 mg; 2. enprostil 2x 35 mcg as adjunct to Pancrease. |
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Outcomes | Faecal fat, weight, gastrointestinal symptoms. | |
Notes | ||
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Described as randomised, but no details of method given. |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not discussed |
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Described as double‐blind in text but no details given. |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | 1 withdrawal during treatment period with enprostil because of severe diarrhoea and abdominal discomfort. |