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CONSORT 2010

The 2010 edition of the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials, a 25-item checklist and participant-flow diagram covering items that should be reported in any randomised controlled trial publication.

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· Last updated 5 Aug 2026

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Examples

Worked examples

Is an instance
An RCT publication including a CONSORT flow diagram of randomised, lost-to-follow-up, and analysed participants.
Is an instance
A journal's submission portal validating presence of CONSORT items at upload.

Counter-examples

Looks similar, but isn't

Not an instance
A meta-analysis (covered by PRISMA, not CONSORT).
Not an instance
An observational cohort study (STROBE).

Editorial commentary

CONSORT 2010 (Schulz, Altman, Moher, 2010) covers trial design, randomisation, blinding, outcome definitions, statistical methods, and the flow of participants through enrolment, allocation, follow-up, and analysis. Extensions exist for cluster trials, non-inferiority designs, pragmatic trials, and harms reporting.

References

Schulz, Altman, Moher, 'CONSORT 2010 Statement' (BMJ, 2010); EQUATOR Network CONSORT resources.

The 2010 statement has since been superseded: see CASRAI’s CONSORT checklist for RCT reporting for the current CONSORT 2025 30-item checklist, a 2010-to-2025 comparison table, and the flow diagram.

Also known as

CONSORT · CONSORT statement

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