The CONSORT 2010 statement provides updated guidelines to improve the reporting quality of parallel group randomized trials worldwide.
Adoption of CONSORT 2010 improves RCT reporting transparency now; extends prior standards with updated methodological evidence.
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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Schulz et al. (2011) studied Reporting of randomised controlled trials. CONSORT 2010 Statement was evaluated. The CONSORT 2010 statement updates guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials based on new methodological evidence and accumulating experience.
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