CONSORT-C 2026 explanation and elaboration: recommendations for enhancing the reporting and impact of paediatric randomised trials

Ami Baba; Maureen Smith; Beth K. Potter; An Wen Chan; David Moher; Alene Toulany; Amanda Doherty-Kirby; Begonya Nafria Escalera; Catherine Stratton; Chris Gale; Colin Macarthur; Diane Purper-Ouakil; Edmund Juszczak; Eyal Cohen; Giorgio Reggiardo; Jennifer Preston; Jérémie F. Cohen; Julia Upton; Karel Allegaert; Katelynn Boerner; Kayur Mehta; Kim An Nguyen; Kimberly Courtney; Lisa Hartling; Menelaos Konstantinidis; Michal Odermarsky; Nancy J. Butcher; Niina Kolehmainen; Patricia E. Longmuir; Peter J. Gill; Piet Leroy; Reinhard Feneberg; Ramesh Poluru; Shaun K. Morris; Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf; Tanya Chute Nagy; Terry P. Klassen; Thierry Lacaze-Masmonteil; Wes Onland; Martin Offringa

doi:10.1136/bmj-2025-085063

CONSORT-C 2026 explanation and elaboration: recommendations for enhancing the reporting and impact of paediatric randomised trials

Ami Baba
, Maureen Smith
, Beth K. Potter
, An Wen Chan
, David Moher
, Alene Toulany
, Amanda Doherty-Kirby
, Begonya Nafria Escalera
, Catherine Stratton
, Chris Gale
, Colin Macarthur
, Diane Purper-Ouakil
, Edmund Juszczak
, Eyal Cohen
, Giorgio Reggiardo
, Jennifer Preston
, Jérémie F. Cohen
, Julia Upton
, Karel Allegaert
, Katelynn Boerner

Kayur Mehta, Kim An Nguyen, Kimberly Courtney, Lisa Hartling, Menelaos Konstantinidis, Michal Odermarsky, Nancy J. Butcher, Niina Kolehmainen, Patricia E. Longmuir, Peter J. Gill, Piet Leroy, Reinhard Feneberg, Ramesh Poluru, Shaun K. Morris, Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf, Tanya Chute Nagy, Terry P. Klassen, Thierry Lacaze-Masmonteil, Wes Onland, Martin Offringa

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Original language	English
Article number	e085063
Number of pages	36
Journal	BMJ
Volume	392
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2025-085063
Publication status	Published - 24 Feb 2026

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Baba, A., Smith, M., Potter, B. K., Chan, A. W., Moher, D., Toulany, A., Doherty-Kirby, A., Nafria Escalera, B., Stratton, C., Gale, C., Macarthur, C., Purper-Ouakil, D., Juszczak, E., Cohen, E., Reggiardo, G., Preston, J., Cohen, J. F., Upton, J., Allegaert, K., ... Offringa, M. (2026). CONSORT-C 2026 explanation and elaboration: recommendations for enhancing the reporting and impact of paediatric randomised trials. BMJ, 392, Article e085063. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2025-085063

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