Table 2 CONSORT 2010 extension [6] items corresponding to extracted data
From: Pilot trials in physical activity journals: a review of reporting and editorial policy
Item number | Checklist item |
|---|---|
Title and abstract | |
 1a | Identification as a pilot or feasibility randomised trial in the title |
Introduction | |
 2a | Scientific background and explanation of rationale for future definitive trial and reasons for randomised pilot trial |
 2b | Specific objectives or research questions for pilot trial |
Methods | |
 3a | Description of pilot trial design (such as parallel, factorial) including allocation ratio |
 5 | The interventions for each group with sufficient details to allow replication, including how and when they were actually administered |
 6a | Completely defined pre-specified assessments or measurements to address each pilot trial objective specified in 2b, including how and when they were assessed |
 6c | If applicable, pre-specified criteria used to judge whether, or how, to proceed with future definitive trial |
 7a | Rationale for numbers in trial |
 12a | Methods used to address each pilot trial objective whether qualitative or quantitative |
Discussion | |
 20 | Pilot trial limitations, addressing sources of potential bias and remaining uncertainty about feasibility |
 21 | Generalisability (applicability) of pilot trial methods and findings to future definitive trial and other studies |
 22a | Implications for progression from pilot trial to future definitive trial, including any proposed amendments |