CONSORT extension for reporting N-of-1 trials (CENT) 2015: explanation and elaboration. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • N-of-1 trials are a useful tool for clinicians who want to determine the effectiveness of a treatment in a particular individual. The reporting of N-of-1 trials has been variable and incomplete, hindering their usefulness in clinical decision making and by future researchers. This document presents the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) extension for N-of-1 trials (CENT 2015). CENT 2015 extends the CONSORT 2010 guidance to facilitate the preparation and appraisal of reports of an individual N-of-1 trial or a series of prospectively planned, multiple, crossover N-of-1 trials. CENT 2015 elaborates on 14 items of the CONSORT 2010 checklist, totalling 25 checklist items (44 sub-items), and recommends diagrams to help authors document the progress of one participant through a trial or more than one participant through a trial or series of trials, as applicable. Examples of good reporting and evidence based rationale for CENT 2015 checklist items are provided.

published proceedings

  • J Clin Epidemiol

altmetric score

  • 1.5

author list (cited authors)

  • Shamseer, L., Sampson, M., Bukutu, C., Schmid, C. H., Nikles, J., Tate, R., ... CENT group.

citation count

  • 37

complete list of authors

  • Shamseer, Larissa||Sampson, Margaret||Bukutu, Cecilia||Schmid, Christopher H||Nikles, Jane||Tate, Robyn||Johnston, Bradley C||Zucker, Deborah||Shadish, William R||Kravitz, Richard||Guyatt, Gordon||Altman, Douglas G||Moher, David||Vohra, Sunita

publication date

  • August 2016