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Guideline
. 2010 Mar 24:11:32.
doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-11-32.

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

Kenneth F Schulz  1 , Douglas G Altman, David Moher; CONSORT Group
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Guideline

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

Kenneth F Schulz et al. Trials. .

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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Flow diagram of the progress through the phases of a parallel randomised trial of two groups (that is, enrolment, intervention allocation, follow-up, and data analysis).
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