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Title: CONSORT-Children and Adolescents (CONSORT-C) 2026 extension statement: enhancing the reporting and impact of paediatric randomised trials.
Authors: Baba A; Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada., Smith M; INFORM RARE Research Network, Ottawa, ON, Canada., Potter BK; School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada., Chan AW; Department of Medicine, Women's College Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Moher D; School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada., Toulany A; Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Department of Pediatrics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Institute of Clinical Evaluation Sciences (ICES), Toronto, ON, Canada.; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Doherty-Kirby A; SPIRIT | CONSORT-Children and Adolescents Family Caregiver Advisory Group, Toronto, ON, Canada., Nafria Escalera B; Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain.; Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Immaculada, Barcelona, Spain.; European Young Person's Advisory Group Network., Stratton C; Division of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Gale C; Neonatal Medicine, School of Public Health and Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital campus, London, UK., Macarthur C; Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada., Purper-Ouakil D; University Hospital of Montpellier, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (MPEA1), Saint Eloi Hospital, Montpellier, France.; INSERM CESP U1018, Villejuif, France., Juszczak E; Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK., Cohen E; Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children, University of Toronto, ON, Canada., Reggiardo G; TEDDY European Network of Excellence for Paediatric Research, Bari, Italy., Preston J; Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK., Cohen JF; Department of General Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.; Center for Research in Epidemiology and Statistics, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France., Upton J; Division of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada., Allegaert K; Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.; Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.; Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands., Boerner K; Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada., Mehta K; Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA., Nguyen KA; Hospices Civils de Lyon, NICU Femme Mere Enfant Hospital; EMET, LBBE, University of Lyon 1, Lyon, France., Courtney K; SPIRIT | CONSORT-Children and Adolescents Family Caregiver Advisory Group, Toronto, ON, Canada.; CHEO Research Institute, Ontario Child Health Support Unit, Ottawa, ON, Canada., Hartling L; Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada., Konstantinidis M; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Odermarsky M; Children Heart Center, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden., Butcher NJ; Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Kolehmainen N; Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.; NIHR Innovation Observatory, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK., Longmuir PE; Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada., Gill PJ; Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada., Leroy P; Department of Pediatrics Maastricht University Medical Centre and School of Health Professions Education; Maastricht University, Netherlands., Feneberg R; ICON, Langen, Germany., Poluru R; The INCLEN Trust International, New Delhi, India., Morris SK; Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Division of Infectious Diseases, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Friedrichsdorf SJ; Division of Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA., Chute Nagy T; SPIRIT | CONSORT-Children and Adolescents Family Caregiver Advisory Group, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Canadian PKU and Allied Disorders (CanPKU+), Toronto, ON, Canada., Klassen TP; Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada., Lacaze-Masmonteil T; Maternal Infant Child and Youth Research Network (MICYRN), Vancouver, BC, Canada., Onland W; Department of Neonatology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands.; Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Amsterdam, Netherlands., Offringa M; Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada martin.offringa@sickkids.ca.
Source: BMJ (Clinical research ed.) [BMJ] 2026 Feb 24; Vol. 392, pp. e085061. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Feb 24.
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