Reporting in randomized clinical trials improved after adoption of the CONSORT statement

Kane, Robert L; Wang, Jye; Garrard, Judith

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.06.016

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“…The adoption of CONSORT by journals is associated with improved reporting quality, [33][34][35][36][37]52 and therefore we recommend journals are explicit towards authors regarding CONSORT before submission and peer review. Editors, peer reviewers, authors, and developers of reporting guidelines will benefit from working closely with groups such as the Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of Health Research Network to support development and dissemination of reporting guidelines.…”

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The reporting quality of parallel randomised controlled trials in ophthalmic surgery in 2011: a systematic review

Yao

Khajuria

Camm

et al. 2014

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Purpose Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) represent a gold standard for evaluating therapeutic interventions. However, poor reporting clarity can prevent readers from assessing potential bias that can arise from a lack of methodological rigour. The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials statement for non-pharmacological interventions 2008 (CONSORT NPT) was developed to aid reporting. RCTs in ophthalmic surgery pose particular challenges in study design and implementation. We aim to provide the first assessment of the compliance of RCTs in ophthalmic surgery to the CONSORT NPT statement. Method In August 2012, the Medline database was searched for RCTs in ophthalmic surgery reported between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2011. Results were searched by two authors and relevant papers selected. Papers were scored against the 23-item CONSORT NPT checklist and compared against surrogate markers of paper quality. The CONSORT score was also compared between different RCT designs. Results In all, 186 papers were retrieved. Sixty-five RCTs, involving 5803 patients, met the inclusion criteria. The mean CONSORT score was 8.9 out of 23 (39%, range 3.0-14.7, SD 2.49). The least reported items related to the title and abstract (1.6%), reporting intervention adherence (3.1%), and interpretation of results (4.7%). No significant correlation was found between CONSORT score and journal impact factor (R ¼ 0.14, P ¼ 0.29), number of authors (R ¼ 0.01, P ¼ 0.93), or whether the RCT used pairedeye, one-eye, or two-eye designs in their randomisation (P ¼ 0.97). ConclusionsThe reporting of RCTs in ophthalmic surgery is suboptimal. Further work is needed by trial groups, funding agencies, authors, and journals to improve reporting clarity.

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The reporting quality of parallel randomised controlled trials in ophthalmic surgery in 2011: a systematic review

Yao

Khajuria

Camm

et al. 2014

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“…In response to the substantial gap in the optimal reporting of RCTs, the CONSORT (CONsolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials) statement was developed by two international, multidisciplinary work groups to re-establish robust reporting standards as the foundation for reliable, evidenced-based research [8]. Verification of improvement in the quality of reporting with implementation of the CONSORT statement was followed by its widespread endorsement by leading medical journals and the completion of internal audits in several medical disciplines [9,10].…”

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Systematic review of randomized controlled trial quality in pediatric kidney transplantation

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Limited pediatric-specific research can lead to sub-standard evidence for clinical decision making in children. We sought to systematically evaluate the methodological quality and the reporting standards of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of transplantation trials in children. We included RCTs of kidney transplant recipients that had enrolled at least one child (aged 17 years or less) and that were reported in English language, peer reviewed journals from 2000 onward in the Cochrane Renal Group's specialized register. Trial reports were assessed against the 22 item checklist of the CONsolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement. Twenty-seven RCTs were included. The reporting of the essential components of the methods, results and discussion domains was unsatisfactory. Mean CONSORT criteria score for the pediatric trials was 67% and 66% for trials including both adults and children (p value for the difference = 1.00). Trial reporting quality in pediatric transplantation trials is not different from trials involving adults. It is evident that the reporting standards of RCTs in both adult and pediatric transplantation require major improvements. This work bench-marks current standards for future quality improvement.

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“…Based on the description of the use-cases of the applications of ontologies to the field of orthopaedics, we showed that they can prove to be extremely beneficial as they have the capability to standardize data and draw inferences based on the data, at a granular level. This can be applicable in clinical practice, research and medical education and training [3,11,19]. The data can be represented in a machine-readable way [15] which can facilitate interoperability across multiple databases and provide integrated results from different biomedical resources [18] thus enabling sharing and reuse of data [28] and also making the data relevant for longer periods of time.…”

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Computational Ontologies in Orthopaedic Surgery

Pietrobon

Zaveri

Cofiel

et al. 2010

Clinical Orthopaedics &Amp; Related Research

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Reporting in randomized clinical trials improved after adoption of the CONSORT statement

Cited by 190 publications

References 27 publications

The reporting quality of parallel randomised controlled trials in ophthalmic surgery in 2011: a systematic review

The reporting quality of parallel randomised controlled trials in ophthalmic surgery in 2011: a systematic review

Systematic review of randomized controlled trial quality in pediatric kidney transplantation

Computational Ontologies in Orthopaedic Surgery

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