CONSORT 2010 Statement: Updated Guidelines for Reporting Parallel Group Randomised Trials

Overview

Journal BMC Med

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2010 Mar 26

PMID 20334633

Citations 1376

Authors

Kenneth F Schulz

Douglas G Altman

David Moher

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Abstract

The CONSORT statement is used worldwide to improve the reporting of randomised controlled trials. Kenneth Schulz and colleagues describe the latest version, CONSORT 2010, which updates the reporting guideline based on new methodological evidence and accumulating experience.To encourage dissemination of the CONSORT 2010 Statement, this article is freely accessible on bmj.com and will also be published in the Lancet, Obstetrics and Gynecology, PLoS Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, Open Medicine, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, BMC Medicine, and Trials.

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