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Guideline
. 2010 Mar 24;7(3):e1000251.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000251.

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. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Kenneth Schulz and colleagues describe the 2010 version of the CONSORT Statement, which updates the previous reporting guideline based on new methodological evidence and accumulated experience.

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Conflict of interest statement

Uniform disclosure of potential conflicts of interest: all authors have completed the ICMJE unified competing interest form at http://www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf (available from the corresponding author) and declare (1) DM received grants for this work from Johnson & Johnson, BMJ, and American Society for Clinical Oncology; KFS and DGA received support for travel to meetings for this work from Johnson & Johnson, BMJ, and American Society for Clinical Oncology; (2) KFS and DA had travel expenses reimbursed by the EQUATOR Network; KFS has received honoraria for delivering educational presentations for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Foundation for Excellence in Women's Health Care, Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology; and has done consultancy for Wyeth. All authors also declare (3) no spouses, partners, or children with relationships with commercial entities that might have an interest in the submitted work; (4) no non-financial interests that may be relevant to the submitted work.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. 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).
(For a downloadable version of this diagram see Figure S1 or the CONSORT website.)
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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