CONSORT statement requires closer examination

CONSORT statement: extension to cluster randomised trials.

The JAAD adopts the CONSORT statement.

CONSORT 2010 statement: extension to randomised pilot and feasibility trials

The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement is a guideline designed to improve the transparency and quality of the reporting of randomised controlled trials (RCTs). In this article we present an extension to that statement for randomised pilot and feasibility trials conducted in advance of a future definitive RCT. The checklist applies to any randomised study in which a f...

Education and debate CONSORT statement: extension to cluster randomised trials

Reports of cluster randomised trials require additional information to allow readers to interpret them accurately The effective reporting of randomised controlled trials has received useful attention in recent years. Many journals now require that reports conform to the guidelines in the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement, first published in 1996 and revised in 2001....

Evidence based medicine, the Cochrane Collaboration, and the CONSORT statement.

Evidence based practice uses up to date information to inform decisions on the management of an individual’s health problem. To most, this would seem a basic premise for medical practice, but there has been a backlash against the growth of the evidence based medicine movement. Some insist that their practice has always been evidence based and that responsible clinicians keep up to date by readi...