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Methods and results used in the development of a consensus-driven extension to the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement for trials conducted using cohorts and routinely collected data (CONSORT-ROUTINE)

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  • Mahrukh Imran Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Linda Kwakkenbos Behavioural Science Institute, Clinical Psychology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Stephen J McCall National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit Clinical Trials Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKCenter for Research on Population and Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Ras Beirut, LebanonInstitute of Applied Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kimberly A McCord Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ole Fröbert Faculty of Health, Department of Cardiology, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Lars G Hemkens Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Merrick Zwarenstein Department of Family Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, CanadaIC/ES Western, London, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Clare Relton Centre for Clinical Trials and Methodology, Barts Institute of Population Health Science, Queen Mary University, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Danielle B Rice Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec, CanadaDepartment of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sinéad M Langan Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Eric I Benchimol Department of Pediatrics and School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaICES uOttawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Lehana Thabane Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Marion K Campbell Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Margaret Sampson Library Services, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ontario, Ottawa, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David Erlinge Department of Cardiology, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Helena M Verkooijen University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, NetherlandsUniversity of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David Moher Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Isabelle Boutron INSERM, Paris, FranceCentre d’Épidémiologie Clinique, Hôpital Hôtel Dieu, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, FranceFaculté de Médecine, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Philippe Ravaud INSERM, Paris, FranceCentre d’Épidémiologie Clinique, Hôpital Hôtel Dieu, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, FranceFaculté de Médecine, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jon Nicholl School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rudolf Uher Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Maureen Sauvé Scleroderma Society of Ontario, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaScleroderma Canada, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • John Fletcher British Medical Journal, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David Torgerson York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Chris Gale Neonatal Medicine, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Edmund Juszczak National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit Clinical Trials Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKNottingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Brett D Thombs Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec, CanadaDepartments of Psychiatry; Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health; Medicine; and Educational and Counselling Psychology; and Biomedical Ethics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Brett D Thombs; brett.thombs{at}mcgill.ca
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Imran M, Kwakkenbos L, McCall SJ, et al
Methods and results used in the development of a consensus-driven extension to the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement for trials conducted using cohorts and routinely collected data (CONSORT-ROUTINE)

Publication history

  • Received January 18, 2021
  • Revised March 16, 2021
  • Accepted March 18, 2021
  • First published April 29, 2021.
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April 29, 2021
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