CONSORT 2010 Statement: Updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials

Randomised controlled trials, when appropriately designed, conducted, and reported, represent the gold standard in evaluating healthcare interventions. However, randomised trials can yield biased results if they lack methodological rigour [1]. To assess a trial accurately, readers of a published report need complete, clear, and transparent information on its methodology and findings. Unfortunately, attempted assessments frequently fail because authors of many trial reports neglect to provide lucid and complete descriptions of that critical information [2–4].

• UO
  University of Pennsylvania
• JH
  Johns Hopkins University
• UO
  University of Ottawa
• OH
  Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
• MU
  McMaster University
• JS
  Janssen Scientific Affairs
• CR
  Cancer Research UK
• NI
  National Institute for Health and Care Research
• UO
  University of Oxford
• IN
  Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
• JH
  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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  University of California, Irvine
• CI
  Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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  Medical Research Council