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. 2017 Jun 30:357:j2835.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.j2835.

CONSORT 2010 statement: extension checklist for reporting within person randomised trials

Nikolaos Pandis  1 , Bryan Chung  2 , Roberta W Scherer  3 , Diana Elbourne  4 , Douglas G Altman  5
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CONSORT 2010 statement: extension checklist for reporting within person randomised trials

Nikolaos Pandis et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Evidence shows that the quality of reporting of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is not optimal. The lack of transparent reporting impedes readers from judging the reliability and validity of trial findings and researchers from extracting information for systematic reviews and results in research waste. The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement was developed to improve the reporting of RCTs. Within person trials are used for conditions that can affect two or more body sites, and are a useful and efficient tool because the comparisons between interventions are within people. Such trials are most commonly conducted in ophthalmology, dentistry, and dermatology. The reporting of within person trials has, however, been variable and incomplete, hindering their use in clinical decision making and by future researchers. This document presents the CONSORT extension to within person trials. It aims to facilitate the reporting of these trials. It extends 16 items of the CONSORT 2010 checklist and introduces a modified flowchart and baseline table to enhance transparency. Examples of good reporting and evidence based rationale for CONSORT within person checklist items are provided.

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Competing interests: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form at www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf and declare: no support from any organisation for the submitted work; no financial relationships with any organisations that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous three years; no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.

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Extension to CONSORT 2010 checklist for reporting within person randomised trials. For within person trials, a group is the set of participants’ body sites that was allocated a particular intervention.
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The abstract on the left is as published. The abstract on the right has been amended to comply with the minimum reporting requirements for abstracts shown in table 1, combining the standard checklist item with the extension for within person trials. Added text is shown in red.
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Flow diagram adapted from He and Manche
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