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. 2016 Aug 22;2016(8):CD003424. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003424.pub4

Heijerman 1993.

Methods Randomised, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled cross‐over trial for successive 14‐day treatment periods.
Participants 11adults with CF (5 males, 6 females), age range 20 ‐ 42 years. There were no withdrawals.
Interventions 2 groups:
1. pancrealipase plus placebo;
2. pancrealipase plus oral omeprazole 20 mg.
Outcomes Faecal fat, serum trypsin, pancreatic polypeptide, insulin and gastrin, PABA in urine.
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‐blinded in text but no further details given
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk 11 participants randomised, data for 11 participants presented, therefore there were no withdrawals.