Begg and colleagues: the CONSORT statement for randomized-trial reporting

What changed

Presented original CONSORT checklist and flow-diagram framework for reporting randomized trials.

Scientific scope

The record is the exact 11-author 1996 JAMA statement. It is a reporting guideline, not evidence that a trial was well designed or unbiased, and it does not merge the parallel BMJ editorial, later CONSORT revisions or adoption-effect studies.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact 11-author 1996 JAMA statement. It is a reporting guideline, not evidence that a trial was well designed or unbiased, and it does not merge the parallel BMJ editorial, later CONSORT revisions or adoption-effect studies.

Contributors

• The named authors listed in the linked research record · SCIENCE: Complete source byline retained in the research record; this collective display does not merge person identities or measure labor shares.

• JAMA original CONSORT statement
• EQUATOR copy of original CONSORT statement

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