Reporting Standards Navigator

Start with the study design. Find the reporting standard that fits.

Select the design and project status to identify a primary guideline, likely extensions, and questions that still need a documented answer.

Step 1

Study type

Step 2

Project status

Step 3

Registration

Primary reporting standard

CONSORT 2025

Reporting completed randomized trials.

Source review: 24 Jul 2026

Confirm these questions

Is allocation randomized?
Is the trial completed rather than a protocol?
Does a design-specific CONSORT extension apply?

Possible extensions

Cluster trials
Non-inferiority and equivalence
Pragmatic trials
Harms
Pilot and feasibility trials

Confirm registry requirements with the institution, ethics committee, sponsor, and target journal.

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Important boundary

A guideline improves reporting. It does not repair a weak study design.

Checklists should be used early, verified against the official source, and reconciled with protocol, ethics, registry, specialty, institution, and target-journal requirements.

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