Reporting of environmental outcomes in randomised clinical trials: a protocol for a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To increase the sustainability of healthcare, clinical trials must assess the environmental impact of interventions alongside clinical outcomes. This should be guided by Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials (SPIRIT) and Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) extensions, which will be developed by The Implementing Climate and Environmental Outcomes in Trials Group. The objective of the scoping review is to describe the existing methods for reporting and measuring environmental outcomes in randomised trials. The results will be used to inform the future development of the SPIRIT and CONSORT extensions on environmental outcomes (SPIRIT-ICE and CONSORT-ICE).

Methods and analysis

This protocol outlines the methodology for a

SUBMITTER: Petersen JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12458732 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature