The aim of the RCTRaCk is to expand the existing CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) for Non-Pharmacological Treatment Studies checklist with a set of items that directly address the reproducibility of rehabilitation research, and involving clinical and observational trials.
The group had a discussion on the methodological problems in rehabilitation research during a meeting held in Paris, France, in July 2018 (the Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodological Meeting). After a scoping review of the literature, a second meeting, held in Kobe, Japan, in June 2019, the group discussed the project of creating a reporting guideline as an extension of CONSORT, aimed for complex interventions in rehabilitation.
Eight Technical Working Groups were created and will carry on further literature reviews for building a first list of items of a checklist. The draft will be discussed in a Consensus Conference in Orlando, United States, in March 2020. Delphi rounds for refinement of the preliminary items will be carried out afterwards.
The group intends to publish the reporting guideline in 2021, as an open-access document.
Details: RCTraCk project webpage and description (PDF)
Registered: 9 July 2019
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Contact: Stefano Negrini Email: [email protected]