CONSORT 2025 Checklist Checker
Check a randomized-trial report against CONSORT 2025’s 30 numbered items. Review evidence for allocation, outcomes, harms and open-science reporting.
2025 · Hopewell et al. CONSORT 2025 expanded checklist · Paraphrased summaries · Verified · 30 numbered items
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How to use CONSORT 2025 Checklist Checker
- Select the guideline and edition that match your report; choose a study-design variant for STROBE.
- Paste the manuscript or upload a readable file. Choose Full manuscript only when the entire relevant report is supplied; otherwise select Excerpt.
- Check reporting, then inspect each requirement, verdict, quotation and location against the official checklist.
- Copy or download the text report or CSV. Resolve missing information with the author team before preparing a journal submission.
What to check
- Confirm the guideline edition and document stage.
- Check all applicable parts of an item, not just a matching phrase.
- Compare quotations and locations with tables, supplements and the original manuscript.
- Treat the findings as an AI-assisted draft requiring author confirmation, never certification.
Use the 2025 trial-reporting edition
This preset uses CONSORT 2025, with 30 numbered items and their official lettered subitems. It is intended for reports of randomized trials. A trial protocol has a different reporting purpose and should be considered against SPIRIT 2025. Before running a manuscript, check whether its trial design also needs an extension. The general checklist cannot substitute for every design-specific requirement in cluster, crossover, noninferiority or other specialized trial reports.
CONSORT 2025 reorganizes the older 2010 structure. The open-science section brings together registration, protocol and statistical-analysis-plan access, data sharing, funding and conflicts. The updated checklist also explicitly addresses patient and public involvement and strengthens reporting of outcomes and harms. Do not reuse a completed 2010 form by merely changing its heading to 2025: identifiers and the information requested have changed. Compare the report with the linked current source and its explanation-and-elaboration paper.
Check allocation, analysis and actual delivery separately
Random sequence generation, allocation concealment and blinding describe different parts of a trial. Naming a randomization method does not establish that enrolling staff could not predict the next assignment. Saying that a trial was blinded does not identify who was blinded or how that was achieved. The checker keeps these questions separate and attaches evidence to each relevant item. Review apparently positive judgments carefully when one short methods sentence is cited across several requirements.
The analysis section needs more than a test name. It should explain who entered each analysis, how participants were grouped and how missing data were handled. Outcome definitions include the measurement variable, analysis metric, aggregation and timepoint. Results need denominators and estimates with precision, alongside harms. Planned delivery and actual delivery are also distinct: describe intervention fidelity, participant adherence and concomitant care where relevant. These details let readers understand what the reported treatment comparison represents; a positive verdict is not an endorsement of the chosen analysis.
Keep CONSORT-AI and the manuscript scope explicit
CONSORT-AI 2020 is an extension to CONSORT 2010. It is offered as that editioned combination, not silently overlaid on the 2025 numbering. If your trial evaluates an intervention involving artificial intelligence, select the AI option only with an understanding of that historical base and check current journal guidance separately. This preset’s 2025 report does not claim to cover every AI-specific concern. The source and edition remain visible so an exported assessment can be interpreted correctly later.
For a partial report, choose Excerpt. Missing participant-flow information in a methods-only submission is unclear, not proof that the final paper has no flow diagram. For a full report, check that tables, appendices and harms descriptions survived extraction. The service does not retrieve your registry entry or statistical analysis plan automatically. Add relevant authorized text where necessary and review the resulting quote locations against the original. Export the findings as a revision record, then ask the trial team to confirm each conclusion before submitting any journal checklist.
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Frequently asked questions
Which CONSORT edition is selected?
The preset uses CONSORT 2025. It separates open-science reporting such as registration, protocol access and sharing from the account of trial conduct. Check the edition requested by your journal.
Is a random sequence enough to report concealment?
No. “A computer generated the sequence” describes sequence generation. A separate statement such as “A central service withheld assignments until enrollment” describes concealment; report who implemented both steps.
Can I assess a trial protocol or CONSORT-AI extension?
Choose SPIRIT for a trial protocol. CONSORT-AI 2020 extends CONSORT 2010 and is kept separate from the 2025 checklist; review the relevant base and extension together.
Can I upload unpublished research?
Manuscript text is sent to our backend and OpenAI for assessment. This application does not store manuscript text; OpenAI retention policies apply. Upload only material you are authorized to share with those services. The current manuscript and report remain in this tab until you reload or close it.
Does this guarantee compliance, and why is AGREE II disabled?
No. This is an AI-assisted reporting review, not certification or a study-quality assessment. AGREE II is a guideline appraisal instrument with 23 items, six domains and 1–7 ratings, requiring at least two appraisers. Commercial use is restricted, so its dropdown option is disabled and no substitute or score is generated.
How many manuscripts can I check for free?
This tool includes 1 successful free run per browser. Failed requests and copying or downloading an existing result do not use another run. The unit is one manuscript across all five pages. Rechecking the same normalized text against another checklist is free, subject to the service’s daily request budget; edited manuscript text is a new manuscript.
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