SPIRIT–Children and Adolescents (SPIRIT-C) 2026 Extension Statement
Inclusion of these SPIRIT-C 2026 items supports comprehensive, meaningful, relevant, and transparent reporting, which can improve both the quality and usefulness of pediatric RCT protocols. RCT protocols contain essential details needed to understand and evaluate the trial's planned aims, design, data collection methods, monitoring, data analysis, and participants' safety.
Authors
- Reinhard Feneberg
- Thierry Lacaze-Masmonteil
- Emma J. Mew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5667-1394)
- Katelynn E. Boerner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1652-4813)
- Eyal Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0112-7188)
- P. L. Leroy
- Colin Macarthur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5029-0996)
- Jennifer Preston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4800-234X)
- Giorgio Reggiardo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4237-6797)
- Patricia E. Longmuir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4827-0870)
- Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6144-3620)
- Potter Bk
- Maï K. Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1192-0980)
- Julia Upton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5320-4232)
- Catherine Stratton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1841-4565)
- Jérémie F. Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3572-8985)
- Edmund Juszczak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5500-2247)
- Alène Toulany (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1238-7049)
- Peter J. Gill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6253-1312)
- Kimberly A. Courtney
- Begonya Nafría (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4494-3663)
- Ramesh Poluru
- Tibor Nagy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3225-0683)
- Ami Baba
- Wes Onland
- Diane Purper-Ouakil
- An-Wen Chan
- Amanda Doherty-Kirby
- Chris Gale
- Lisa Hartling
- Shaun K. Morris
- David Moher
- Terry P. Klassen
- Maureen Smith
- Menelaos Konstantinidis
- Kayur Mehta
- Karel Allegaert
Institutions
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (FR)
- Délégation Paris 5 (FR)
- St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
- European Union (BE)
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Inserm (FR)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CA)
- Maastricht University Medical Centre (NL)
- Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario (CA)
- Ottawa Hospital (CA)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Women's College Hospital (CA)
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (ES)
- University of Saskatchewan (CA)
- Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant (FR)
- Sorbonne Paris Cité (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier (FR)
- Emma Kinderziekenhuis (NL)
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (ES)
- Hospices Civils de Lyon (FR)
- Canadian Respiratory Research Network (CA)
- MinebeaMitsumi (Germany) (DE)
- Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations (FR)
- Clinical Evaluation Research Unit (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Sant Joan de Déu Research Foundation (ES)
- Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health (CA)
- Allied Services (US)
- NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- Asklepios Klinik Langen (DE)
- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive (FR)
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (GB)
- Skåne University Hospital (SE)
- SickKids Foundation (CA)
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- BC Children's Hospital (CA)
- Child and Family Research Institute (CA)
- INCLEN Trust International (IN)
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (CA)
- Unity Health Toronto
- Newcastle University (GB)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Pediatrics
- Published
- 2026-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2026.0113
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical studies and practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 41.22