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SPIRIT 2025 Explanation and Elaboration

The SPIRIT 2025 Explanation and Elaboration document describes the rationale and scientific background for each SPIRIT 2025 checklist item and provides published examples of good reporting.

 

Read ​the SPIRIT 2025 E&E in BMJ

Cite as: Hróbjartsson A, Boutron I, Hopewell S, Moher D, Schulz KF, Collins GS, et al. SPIRIT 2025 explanation and elaboration: updated guideline for reporting randomised trials. BMJ. 2025;389:e081660. doi:10.1136/bmj-2024-081660

 

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Celebrating 30 Years of CONSORT:
Future Directions in Trial Reporting

Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Time: 14:00 AM – 16:30 AM GMT / 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET

Speakers: David Moher, Ken Schulz, Malcolm MacLeod, Evan Mayo-Wilson, Jaime Cummins, Philippe Ravaud

What to Expect:

  • Insights from leading researchers and methodologists on opportunities and future directions for CONSORT

  • Learnings from AI-driven tools to streamline and improve CONSORT implementation

  • Thought-provoking discussions on how reporting guidelines should evolve to maximize impact 

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The 2025 update of SPIRIT and CONSORT, and this website, are funded by the MRC-NIHR: Better Methods, Better Research [MR/W020483/1]. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR, the MRC, or the Department of Health and Social Care.

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