2010•BMC MedicineOpen access

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

the CONSORT Group, Kenneth F. Schulz, Douglas G. Altman, David Moher

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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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Key concepts: Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials, Medicine, Alternative medicine, Family medicine, Guideline, Statement (logic), Randomized controlled trial, Obstetrics and gynaecology