Study protocols | Study Designs

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href="/?post_type=eq_guidelines&eq_guidelines_study_design=study-protocols&eq_guidelines_clinical_specialty=0&eq_guidelines_report_section=0&s=+&rgo=post_date">Show the most recently added records first</a>.</p> <ul class="results"> <span class="counter notranslate">1</span> <li class="sticky"> <a href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/spirit-surrogate/">Reporting of surrogate endpoints in randomised controlled trial protocols <span class="notranslate">(SPIRIT-Surrogate)</span> : extension checklist with explanation and elaboration</a><br /> </li> <span class="counter notranslate">2</span> <li class="sticky"> <a href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/consensus-statement-for-protocols-of-factorial-randomized-trials-extension-of-the-spirit-2013-statement/">Consensus Statement for Protocols of Factorial Randomized Trials: Extension of the <span class="notranslate">SPIRIT</span> 2013 Statement</a><br /> </li> <span class="counter notranslate">3</span> <li class="sticky"> <a href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/spirit-define/">Enhancing quality and impact of early phase dose-finding clinical trial protocols: <span class="notranslate">SPIRIT</span> Dose-finding Extension <span class="notranslate">(SPIRIT-DEFINE)</span> guidance</a><br /> </li> <span class="counter notranslate">4</span> <li class="sticky"> <a href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/guidelines-for-reporting-outcomes-in-trial-protocols-the-spirit-outcomes-2022-extension/">Guidelines for Reporting Outcomes in Trial Protocols: The <span class="notranslate">SPIRIT-Outcomes</span> 2022 Extension</a><br /> </li> <span class="counter notranslate">5</span> <li class="sticky"> <a href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/spirit-path/">Guidelines for cellular and molecular pathology content in clinical trial protocols: the <span class="notranslate">SPIRIT-Path</span> extension</a><br /> </li> <span class="counter notranslate">6</span> <li class="sticky"> <a href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/guidelines-for-reporting-trial-protocols-and-completed-trials-modified-due-to-the-covid-19-pandemic-and-other-extenuating-circumstances-the-conserve-2021-statement/">Guidelines for Reporting Trial Protocols and Completed Trials Modified Due to the <span class="notranslate">COVID-</span> 19 Pandemic and Other Extenuating Circumstances: The <span class="notranslate">CONSERVE</span> 2021 Statement</a><br /> </li> <span class="counter notranslate">7</span> <li class="sticky"> <a href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/tidier-placebo/"> <span class="notranslate">TIDieR-Placebo</span> : a guide and checklist for reporting placebo and sham controls</a><br /> </li> <span class="counter notranslate">8</span> <li class="sticky"> <a href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/spirit-artificial-intelligence/">Guidelines for clinical trial protocols for interventions involving artificial intelligence: the <span class="notranslate">SPIRIT-AI</span> Extension</a><br /> </li> <span class="counter notranslate">9</span> <li class="sticky"> <a href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/standard-protocol-items-for-clinical-trials-with-traditional-chinese-medicine-spirit-tcm-extension-2018/">Standard Protocol Items for Clinical Trials with Traditional Chinese Medicine 2018: Recommendations, Explanation and Elaboration <span class="notranslate">(SPIRIT-TCM</span> Extension 2018)</a><br /> </li> <span class="counter notranslate">10</span> <li class="sticky"> <a href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/spirit-extension-n-of-1-trials-spent-2019/"> <span class="notranslate">SPIRIT</span> extension and elaboration for n-of-1 trials: <span class="notranslate">SPENT</span> 2019 checklist</a><br /> </li> <span class="counter notranslate">11</span> <li class="sticky"> <a href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/spirit-pro/">Guidelines for Inclusion of Patient <span class="notranslate">-Reported</span> Outcomes in Clinical Trial Protocols: The <span class="notranslate">SPIRIT-PRO</span> Extension</a><br /> </li> <span class="counter notranslate">12</span> <li class="sticky"> <a href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/spirit-2013-statement-defining-standard-protocol-items-for-clinical-trials/"> <span class="notranslate">SPIRIT</span> 2013 Statement: Defining standard protocol items for clinical trials</a><br /> </li> <span class="counter notranslate">13</span> <li class="sticky"> <a href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/prisma-protocols/">Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta <span class="notranslate">-Analysis</span> Protocols <span class="notranslate">(PRISMA-P)</span> 2015 statement</a><br /> </li> <span class="counter notranslate">14</span> <li class="sticky"> <a href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/tidier/">Better reporting of interventions: template for intervention description and replication <span class="notranslate">(TIDieR)</span> checklist and guide</a><br /> </li> <span class="counter notranslate">15</span> <li class=""> <a href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/reporting-guidelines-for-protocols-of-randomised-controlled-trials-of-implantable-neurostimulation-devices-the-spirit-ineurostim-extension/">Reporting guidelines for protocols of randomised controlled trials of implantable neurostimulation devices: the <span class="notranslate">SPIRIT-iNeurostim</span> extension</a><br /> </li> <span class="counter notranslate">16</span> <li class=""> <a href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/development-and-validation-of-observational-and-qualitative-study-protocol-reporting-checklists-for-novice-researchers-obsqual-checklist/">Development and validation of observational and qualitative study protocol reporting checklists for novice researchers <span class="notranslate">(ObsQual</span> checklist)</a><br /> </li> <span class="counter notranslate">17</span> <li class=""> <a href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/appropriate-design-and-reporting-of-superiority-equivalence-and-non-inferiority-clinical-trials-incorporating-a-benefit-risk-assessment-the-brains-study-including-expert-workshop/">Appropriate design and reporting of superiority, equivalence and non-inferiority clinical trials incorporating a benefit-risk assessment: the <span class="notranslate">BRAINS</span> study including expert workshop</a><br /> </li> <span class="counter notranslate">18</span> <li class=""> <a href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/preferred-reporting-items-for-resistance-exercise-studies-prires-a-checklist-developed-using-an-umbrella-review-of-systematic-reviews/">Preferred Reporting Items for Resistance Exercise Studies <span class="notranslate">(PRIRES)</span> : A Checklist Developed Using an Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews</a><br /> </li> <span class="counter notranslate">19</span> <li class=""> <a href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/a-systematic-review-and-cluster-analysis-approach-of-103-studies-of-high-intensity-interval-training-on-cardiorespiratory-fitness/">A systematic review and cluster analysis approach of 103 studies of high-intensity interval training on cardiorespiratory fitness</a><br /> </li> <span class="counter notranslate">20</span> <li class=""> <a href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/best-practice-guidance-and-reporting-items-for-the-development-of-scoping-review-protocols/">Best practice guidance and reporting items for the development of scoping review protocols</a><br /> </li> <span class="counter notranslate">21</span> <li class=""> <a 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href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/systematic-reviews-crds-guidance-for-undertaking-reviews-in-health-care/">Systematic Reviews. <span class="notranslate">CRD</span> ’s guidance for undertaking reviews in health care</a><br /> </li> </ul> <br class="clear" /> </div> <div class="five columns"> <div class="five columns alpha report-guidelines"> <h3 class="title">Reporting guidelines for main study types</h3> <table class="krg-table"> <colgroup> <col width="100%"> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <td><div style="width: 140px; display: inline-block"><a class="report-title" href="https://www.equator-network.org/?post_type=eq_guidelines&eq_guidelines_study_design=experimental-studies&eq_guidelines_clinical_specialty=0&eq_guidelines_report_section=0&s=">Randomised trials</a></div> <div style="width: 90px; display: inline-block"><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/consort/">CONSORT</a></div> <div style="width: 90px; display: inline-block"><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.equator-network.org/?post_type=eq_guidelines&eq_guidelines_study_design=0&eq_guidelines_clinical_specialty=0&eq_guidelines_report_section=0&s=+CONSORT+extension&btn_submit=Search+Reporting+Guidelines">Extensions</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="width: 140px; display: inline-block"><a class="report-title" href="https://www.equator-network.org/?post_type=eq_guidelines&eq_guidelines_study_design=observational-studies&eq_guidelines_clinical_specialty=0&eq_guidelines_report_section=0&s=+&eq_guidelines_study_design_sub_cat=0">Observational studies</a></div> <div style="width: 90px; display: inline-block"><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/strobe/">STROBE</a></div> <div style="width: 90px; display: inline-block"><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.equator-network.org/?post_type=eq_guidelines&eq_guidelines_study_design=0&eq_guidelines_clinical_specialty=0&eq_guidelines_report_section=0&s=+STROBE+extension&btn_submit=Search+Reporting+Guidelines">Extensions</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="width: 140px; display: inline-block"><a class="report-title" href="https://www.equator-network.org/?post_type=eq_guidelines&eq_guidelines_study_design=systematic-reviews-and-meta-analyses&eq_guidelines_clinical_specialty=0&eq_guidelines_report_section=0&s=+">Systematic reviews</a></div> <div style="width: 90px; display: inline-block"><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/prisma/">PRISMA</a></div> <div style="width: 90px; display: inline-block"><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.equator-network.org/?post_type=eq_guidelines&eq_guidelines_study_design=0&eq_guidelines_clinical_specialty=0&eq_guidelines_report_section=0&s=PRISMA+extension&btn_submit=Search+Reporting+Guidelines">Extensions</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="width: 140px; display: inline-block"><a class="report-title" href="https://www.equator-network.org/?post_type=eq_guidelines&eq_guidelines_study_design=study-protocols&eq_guidelines_clinical_specialty=0&eq_guidelines_report_section=0&s=+">Study protocols</a></div> <div style="width: 90px; display: inline-block"><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/spirit-2013-statement-defining-standard-protocol-items-for-clinical-trials/">SPIRIT</a></div> <div style="width: 90px; display: inline-block"><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/prisma-protocols/">PRISMA-P</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="width: 140px; display: inline-block"><a class="report-title" href="https://www.equator-network.org/?post_type=eq_guidelines&eq_guidelines_study_design=diagnostic-prognostic-studies&eq_guidelines_clinical_specialty=0&eq_guidelines_report_section=0&s=">Diagnostic/prognostic studies</a></div> <div style="width: 90px; display: inline-block"><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/stard/">STARD</a></div> <div style="width: 90px; display: inline-block"><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/tripod-statement/">TRIPOD</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="width: 140px; display: inline-block"><a class="report-title" href="https://www.equator-network.org/?post_type=eq_guidelines&eq_guidelines_study_design=0&eq_guidelines_clinical_specialty=0&eq_guidelines_report_section=0&s=case+report&btn_submit=Search+Reporting+Guidelines">Case reports</a></div> <div style="width: 90px; display: inline-block"><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/care/">CARE</a></div> <div style="width: 90px; display: inline-block"><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.equator-network.org/?post_type=eq_guidelines&eq_guidelines_study_design=0&eq_guidelines_clinical_specialty=0&eq_guidelines_report_section=0&s=CARE+case+extension&btn_submit=Search+Reporting+Guidelines">Extensions</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="width: 140px; display: inline-block"><a class="report-title" href="https://www.equator-network.org/?post_type=eq_guidelines&eq_guidelines_study_design=clinical-practice-guidelines&eq_guidelines_clinical_specialty=0&eq_guidelines_report_section=0&s=">Clinical practice guidelines</a></div> <div style="width: 90px; display: inline-block"><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/the-agree-reporting-checklist-a-tool-to-improve-reporting-of-clinical-practice-guidelines/">AGREE</a></div> <div style="width: 90px; display: inline-block"><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/right-statement/">RIGHT</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="width: 140px; display: inline-block"><a class="report-title" href="https://www.equator-network.org/?post_type=eq_guidelines&eq_guidelines_study_design=qualitative-research&eq_guidelines_clinical_specialty=0&eq_guidelines_report_section=0&s=">Qualitative research</a></div> <div style="width: 90px; display: inline-block"><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/srqr/">SRQR</a></div> <div style="width: 90px; display: inline-block"><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/coreq/">COREQ</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="width: 140px; display: inline-block"><a class="report-title" href="https://www.equator-network.org/?post_type=eq_guidelines&eq_guidelines_study_design=animal-pre-clinical-research&eq_guidelines_clinical_specialty=0&eq_guidelines_report_section=0&s=+">Animal pre-clinical studies</a></div> <div style="width: 90px; display: inline-block"><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/improving-bioscience-research-reporting-the-arrive-guidelines-for-reporting-animal-research/">ARRIVE</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="width: 140px; display: inline-block"><a class="report-title" href="https://www.equator-network.org/?post_type=eq_guidelines&eq_guidelines_study_design=quality-improvement-studies&eq_guidelines_clinical_specialty=0&eq_guidelines_report_section=0&s=+">Quality improvement studies</a></div> <div style="width: 90px; display: inline-block"><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/squire/">SQUIRE</a></div> <div style="width: 90px; display: inline-block"><a 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