Robinson 1988.
| Methods | Randomised, double‐blind, cross‐over trial for 2 successive 14‐day treatment periods. | |
| Participants | 22 children with CF (18 males, 4 females) mean age 4.4 years, range 1.5 ‐ 10.5 years. 2 children withdrew. | |
| Interventions | 2 groups: 1. pancrease 4x daily; 2. pancrease plus 100 mcg misoprostol 4x daily. |
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| Outcomes | Faecal fat. | |
| 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| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | 2 participants withdrawn due to protracted diarrhoea, 20 completed study. |