{"id":9795,"date":"2021-08-24T09:04:04","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T09:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepublicationplan.com\/?p=9795"},"modified":"2021-09-15T14:03:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T14:03:54","slug":"new-consort-extension-for-trials-using-cohorts-and-routinely-collected-data-consort-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicationplan.com\/2021\/08\/24\/new-consort-extension-for-trials-using-cohorts-and-routinely-collected-data-consort-routine\/","title":{"rendered":"New CONSORT extension for trials using cohorts and routinely collected data: CONSORT-ROUTINE"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"Cohort and routinely collected data<\/a> are being increasingly used<\/a> in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to identify eligible participants, collect patient or outcome data, or implement interventions. The original Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT<\/a>) 2010 statement helps improve reporting of RCTs through transparency and completeness.<\/a> Details of an extension to CONSORT for RCTs conducted using cohorts or routinely collected data, CONSORT-ROUTINE<\/a>, have been recently published in the British Medical Journal<\/a><\/em>.\n\nRoutinely collected data are data that are not initially collected with research purposes in mind, and include registries, databases (such as private health insurance databases) and electronic health records. Cohorts are groups of individuals from whom data are collected for research purposes. Although cohort and routinely collected data can make RCTs more efficient (eg, by reducing time and money spent on recruitment) and more representative of real world patient populations, current reporting guidelines do not cover their unique methodology in a standardised way.\n
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Although cohort and routinely collected data can make RCTs more efficient and more representative of real world patient populations, current reporting guidelines do not cover their unique methodology in a standardised way.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nAlong with several modifications to the original checklist, the CONSORT-ROUTINE extension includes 5 new items specific to RCTs conducted using cohorts or routinely collected data:\n