Clinician-scientist conducting empirical research and knowledge translation to enhance usefulness of child health research aimed to improve health outcomes.
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Martin Offringa retweeted
SickKids-led papers co-published in BMJ, JAMA and Lancet journals introduce 30 new protocols and reporting items for paediatric randomized controlled trials, co-developed with youth and family caregivers.
Read the #SKResearch ⬇️
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Martin Offringa retweeted
📄 This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page describes how new guidance aiming to improve reporting of clinical trials may help young people and parents find information to make the right health care decisions for them.
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Martin Offringa retweeted
The CONSORT–Children and Adolescents (CONSORT-C) 2026 guideline extends CONSORT 2025 with 13 new reporting items for pediatric RCTs, enhancing transparency, reproducibility, and relevance for patients aged 0 to 19 years.
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ALT JAMA Pediatrics | Special Communication: CONSORT-Children and Adolescents (CONSORT-C) 2026 Extension Statement Enhancing the Reporting and Impact of Pediatric Randomized Trials. The document discusses structure, intended users, fillable checklist, and additional resources.
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Martin Offringa retweeted
The CONSORT–Children and Adolescents (CONSORT-C) 2026 guideline extends CONSORT 2025 with 13 new reporting items for pediatric RCTs, enhancing transparency, reproducibility, and relevance for patients aged 0 to 19 years.
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💬 Editor's Note from JAMA Pediatrics Editor in Chief Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH: The new CONSORT-C and SPIRIT-C guidelines mark a pivotal advance in pediatric research by establishing standards that reflect the unique needs of children.
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Guidelines set new playbook for paediatric clinical trials sickkids.ca/en/news/archive/…
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Martin Offringa retweeted
16 Oct 2025
📢 New paper alert! The TIDieR-C guideline presents 13 pediatric considerations to support transparent reporting of trial interventions in pediatric trial protocols & reports.
Paper ➡️ tinyurl.com/ymbves7p
Fillable checklists ➡️ tinyurl.com/56nfj25p
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Martin Offringa retweeted
8 Oct 2025
Science is not a contest to be won.
It’s a collective pursuit of truth that evolves with evidence - not a debate settled by opinion or the loudest voice.
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Martin Offringa retweeted
10 Apr 2024
Late systemic administration of dexam. is considered an effective intervention to reduce the risk of BPD in infants with a high risk profile for BPD.
Endotracheal instillation of budesonide with surfactant as a carrier is a promising intervention.
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Martin Offringa retweeted
29 Oct 2024
2024 revision to the Declaration of Helsinki @JAMA_current highlights the importance of completeness & accuracy of study reports adhere to accepted guidelines for reporting
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Visit our guideline repository at the EQUATOR Network
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Martin Offringa retweeted
22 Oct 2024
📢 Attention Clinical Trialists: We are hiring a post-doc fellow with expertise in rare disease/child health clinical trial methods for RareKids-CAN: a new Canadian Pediatric Rare Disease Clinical Trials and Treatment Network!
➡️ For more info & to apply: tinyurl.com/pfh9n9t8
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Martin Offringa retweeted
21 Oct 2024
A few weeks ago the @WHO published new guidance on best practice for clinical trials. It provides really useful considerations for the design and delivery of a quality trial & the wider trials eco-system 1/6
#MethodologyMonday #101
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Martin Offringa retweeted
21 Oct 2024
TLDR: if you haven’t read the new #WHO guidance on best practices for clinical trials yet, you should!! Link here … 6/6
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Martin Offringa retweeted
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay 💙 This year's theme is 'It is Time to Prioritise Mental Health in the Workplace'. On this World Mental Health Day, let's prioritize our mental well-being.
For more information check out the website linked below.
Link: (wmhdofficial.com)
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Martin Offringa retweeted
30 Sep 2024
@Maureenchats and @BethPotter4 sharing how they have been learning about how to include people with lived experience in the ‘how’ stage (COMS). Great meeting organised by @GorstSarah from COMET!
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Martin Offringa retweeted
25 Sep 2024
It's here! The @WHO guidance for best practices in clinical trials.
Appreciate the "always on, always warm"
trial infrastructure rec which will have game changing impact on our ability to answer clinical questions that matter more efficiently.
Read 👇🏻
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Martin Offringa retweeted
10 Jul 2024
TWO NEW PAPERS in @bmj_latest on reporting recommendations for trials with surrogate outcomes (wonderfully led by @AnthonyManyara_ and @OrianaCiani)
CONSORT: bmj.com/content/386/bmj-2023…
SPIRIT: bmj.com/content/386/bmj-2023…
#reporting #transparency #RCT
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Martin Offringa retweeted
9 Jul 2024
Hot off the press! The #PrismaCosmin reporting guideline is here! Find the reporting checklist and the full publication here: shorturl.at/EFCui. Find additional resources to help you use the #ReportingGuideline at prisma-cosmin.ca!
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11 Jul 2024
Major development in Clinical Trial Reporting, this week:
10 Jul 2024
📢📢TWO NEW and #OpenAccess publications in @bmj_latest as a culmination of the SPIRIT|CONSORT-Surrogate project.
CONSORT-Surrogate: doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-078…
SPIRIT-Surrogate: doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-078…
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