CONSORT 2010 Explanation and Elaboration: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials

Overwhelming evidence shows the quality of reporting of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is not optimal. Without transparent reporting, readers cannot judge the reliability and validity of trial findings nor extract information for systematic reviews. Recent methodological analyses indicate that inadequate reporting and design are associated with biased estimates of treatment effects. Such systematic error is seriously damaging to RCTs, which are considered the gold standard for evaluating interventions because of their ability to minimise or avoid bias. A group of scientists and editors developed the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) statement to improve the quality of reporting of RCTs.…

• UO
  University of Pennsylvania
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  Johns Hopkins University
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  Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
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  McMaster University
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  National Institute for Health and Care Research
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  University of Oxford
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  Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
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  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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  University of California, Irvine
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  Canadian Institutes of Health Research