BACKGROUND The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guidelines were developed in the mid-1990s for the explicit purpose of improving clinical trial reporting. However, there is little information regarding the adherence to CONSORT guidelines of recent publications of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in oncology. METHODS All phase III RCTs published between 2005 and 2009 wer...

BACKGROUND The conduct of randomized, controlled trials of nonpharmacologic treatments presents specific challenges that are not adequately addressed in trial reports. OBJECTIVE To develop an extension of the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) Statement for trials of nonpharmacologic treatments. DESIGN A consensus meeting was organized to develop an extension of the CONSOR...

BACKGROUND To allow for correct evaluation of clinical trial results, readers require comprehensive, clear, and highly transparent information on the methodology used and the results obtained. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of reporting in articles on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the field of HIV/AIDS. METHODS We searched for original articl...

checklist. The mean proportions were 41.7 and 53.0% in the preand post-CONSORT period, respectively (P < 0.001, 95% CI for difference: -0.155, -0.071). Absolute points increased significantly at a rate of 11.3% over time (P < 0.001). CONSORT for abstracts aims to improve the reporting accuracy and quality of trial reports and recommends what information should be reported in the constraints whe...

INTRODUCTION The quality of reporting of abstracts of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in major general medical journals and in some category-specific journals was shown to be poor before the publication of the ConsolidatedStandards of ReportingTrials (CONSORT) extension for abstracts in 2008, and an improvement in the quality of reporting of abstracts was observed after its publication. The...

CONTEXT Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are important tools for evidence-based health care decisions. It is, therefore, important that they be conducted and reported with the highest possible standards. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reporting quality of the RCTs published in nephrology urology monthly journal and to examine whether there was a change over time in the reporting q...

THE CONSOLIDATED STANdards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement was developed to alleviate the problem of inadequate reporting of randomized controlled trials (RCTs), which has been associated with biased treatment effects. The statement comprises evidence-based recommendations for reporting RCTs, including a flowchart of participants through the trial. CONSORT’s primary focus is on parallel...

BACKGROUND First published in 2001, STRICTA (STandards for Reporting Interventions in Controlled Trials of Acupuncture) was designed to expand on the reporting of one item within the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) Statement checklist, the item relating to the intervention. Two recent reviews had found that STRICTA was highly regarded in the field and that there was a need ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess adherence to the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) for Abstracts by five high-impact general medical journals and to assess whether the quality of reporting was homogeneous across these journals. DESIGN This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study. SETTING Randomised controlled trial (RCT) abstracts in five high-impact general...

AIMS Guidance has been published on how best to report randomised controlled trials (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials - CONSORT) and systematic reviews (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis - PRISMA). In 2011, we reported a low rate of enforcement by surgery journals for submitted manuscripts to conform to these guidelines. The aim of this follow-up study...