Hopewell, Sally http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6881-6984
Boutron, Isabelle
Chan, An-Wen
Collins, Gary S. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2772-2316
de Beyer, Jennifer A.
Hróbjartsson, Asbjørn
Nejstgaard, Camilla Hansen
Østengaard, Lasse http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7033-3722
Schulz, Kenneth F.
Tunn, Ruth http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1187-1808
Moher, David http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2434-4206
Funding for this research was provided by:
RCUK | Medical Research Council (MR/W020483/1, MR/W020483/1, MR/W020483/1, MR/W020483/1, MR/W020483/1, MR/W020483/1, MR/W020483/1)
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Competing interests
: All authors are involved in the development, update, implementation, and dissemination of numerous reporting guidelines and are members of the SPIRIT–CONSORT Working Group. S.H., I.B., A.-W.C., A.H., K.F.S. and D.M. are members of the SPIRIT–CONSORT Executive Group. G.S.C. is the director of the UK EQUATOR Centre, D.M. is the director of the Canadian EQUATOR Centre, and J.A.d.B. is affiliated with the UK EQUATOR Centre; these are all part of the EQUATOR Network, an organization that promotes reporting guidelines. I.B. is deputy director of the French EQUATOR Centre.
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