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✅   CONSORT 2025 explanation and elaboration: updated guideline for reporting randomised trials

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“Readers should not have to infer what was probably done; they should be told explicitly.” Douglas G Altman1Well designed and properly executed randomised trials provide the most reliable evidence on the benefits of healthcare interventions. Biased results from poorly designed and poorly reported trials are wasteful2 and can mislead decision making in healthcare at all levels, from treatment decisions for the individual patient to formulation of national public health policies.Critical appraisal of the quality of randomised trials is possible only if their design, conduct, analysis, and results are completely and accurately reported. However, there is overwhelming evidence that the quality of reporting of randomised trials is not optimal.3 Without transparent reporting of methods and results, readers cannot ...

BMJ     Apr 15, 2025