What makes an effective lay title for a clinical trial?
Learn to optimise lay titles to improve public understanding of clinical trials and promote patient engagement.
Are we still missing the mark with randomised controlled trial abstracts?
Adherence to the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials for Abstracts continues to be inadequate, nearly 15 years after their release.
New CONSORT extension for trials using cohorts and routinely collected data: CONSORT-ROUTINE
Find out what’s in the new CONSORT-ROUTINE checklist for randomised controlled trials using cohorts and routinely collected data.
Meeting report: summary of session 3 of the 9th EMWA symposium
Missed the meeting? Read our report to get up to speed!
Disparities claimed between stance and action on clinical trial outcome reporting by top medical journals
Selective reporting of clinical trial outcomes may be widespread. This study reports instances occurring in CONSORT-endorsing medical journals.
Can the lay public enhance peer review?
Researchers argue that lay review will increase the relevance of medical publications: a new study aims to evaluate its impact.
Adherence to CONSORT for Abstracts – still room for improvement
An analysis of journal article abstracts provides further insight into the role of reporting guidelines and medical writers in the transparent reporting of clinical trial data.