CONSORT Checklist: Standards for Reporting Randomized Controlled Trials

The CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) Statement is a 25-item evidence-based checklist and flow diagram developed to standardize reporting of parallel-group randomized controlled trials. First published in 1996 and updated in 2010 (CONSORT 2010), it is endorsed by over 600 journals including The Lancet, JAMA, and BMJ, and is mandatory or strongly recommended for RCT manuscript submission across clinical research.