SPIRIT-Children and Adolescents (SPIRIT-C) 2026 extension statement: enhancing the reporting and usefulness of paediatric randomised trial protocols

Ami Baba, Maureen Smith, Beth K Potter, An-Wen Chan, David Moher, Alene Toulany, Amanda Doherty-Kirby, Begonya Nafria Escalera, Catherine Stratton, Chris Gale, Colin Macarthur, Diane Purper-Ouakil, Edmund Juszczak, Eyal Cohen, Giorgio Reggiardo, Jennifer Preston, Jérémie F Cohen, Julia Upton, Karel Allegaert, Katelynn Boerner, Kayur Mehta, Kim An Nguyen, Kimberly Courtney, Lisa Hartling, Menelaos Konstantinidis, Michal Odermarsky, Nancy J Butcher, Niina Kolehmainen, Patricia E Longmuir, Peter J Gill, Piet Leroy, Reinhard Feneberg, Ramesh Poluru, Shaun K Morris, Stefan J Friedrichsdorf, Tanya Chute Nagy, Terry P Klassen, Thierry Lacaze-Masmonteil, Wes Onland, Martin Offringa

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DOI: 10.1016/s2352-4642(26)00005-2
Published: 2026-04
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@article{allodium:10.1016/s2352-4642-26-00005-2,
  title = {SPIRIT-Children and Adolescents (SPIRIT-C) 2026 extension statement: enhancing the reporting and usefulness of paediatric randomised trial protocols},
  author = {Ami Baba and Maureen Smith and Beth K Potter and An-Wen Chan and David Moher and Alene Toulany and Amanda Doherty-Kirby and Begonya Nafria Escalera and Catherine Stratton and Chris Gale and Colin Macarthur and Diane Purper-Ouakil and Edmund Juszczak and Eyal Cohen and Giorgio Reggiardo and Jennifer Preston and Jérémie F Cohen and Julia Upton and Karel Allegaert and Katelynn Boerner and Kayur Mehta and Kim An Nguyen and Kimberly Courtney and Lisa Hartling and Menelaos Konstantinidis and Michal Odermarsky and Nancy J Butcher and Niina Kolehmainen and Patricia E Longmuir and Peter J Gill and Piet Leroy and Reinhard Feneberg and Ramesh Poluru and Shaun K Morris and Stefan J Friedrichsdorf and Tanya Chute Nagy and Terry P Klassen and Thierry Lacaze-Masmonteil and Wes Onland and Martin Offringa},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {The Lancet Child \&amp; Adolescent Health},
  doi = {10.1016/s2352-4642(26)00005-2},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/s2352-4642(26)00005-2}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - SPIRIT-Children and Adolescents (SPIRIT-C) 2026 extension statement: enhancing the reporting and usefulness of paediatric randomised trial protocols
AU  - Ami Baba
AU  - Maureen Smith
AU  - Beth K Potter
AU  - An-Wen Chan
AU  - David Moher
AU  - Alene Toulany
AU  - Amanda Doherty-Kirby
AU  - Begonya Nafria Escalera
AU  - Catherine Stratton
AU  - Chris Gale
AU  - Colin Macarthur
AU  - Diane Purper-Ouakil
AU  - Edmund Juszczak
AU  - Eyal Cohen
AU  - Giorgio Reggiardo
AU  - Jennifer Preston
AU  - Jérémie F Cohen
AU  - Julia Upton
AU  - Karel Allegaert
AU  - Katelynn Boerner
AU  - Kayur Mehta
AU  - Kim An Nguyen
AU  - Kimberly Courtney
AU  - Lisa Hartling
AU  - Menelaos Konstantinidis
AU  - Michal Odermarsky
AU  - Nancy J Butcher
AU  - Niina Kolehmainen
AU  - Patricia E Longmuir
AU  - Peter J Gill
AU  - Piet Leroy
AU  - Reinhard Feneberg
AU  - Ramesh Poluru
AU  - Shaun K Morris
AU  - Stefan J Friedrichsdorf
AU  - Tanya Chute Nagy
AU  - Terry P Klassen
AU  - Thierry Lacaze-Masmonteil
AU  - Wes Onland
AU  - Martin Offringa
PY  - 2026
JO  - The Lancet Child &amp; Adolescent Health
DO  - 10.1016/s2352-4642(26)00005-2
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/s2352-4642(26)00005-2
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APA

Baba, A., Smith, M., Potter, B. K., Chan, A., Moher, D., Toulany, A., Doherty-Kirby, A., Escalera, B. N., Stratton, C., Gale, C., Macarthur, C., Purper-Ouakil, D., Juszczak, E., Cohen, E., Reggiardo, G., Preston, J., Cohen, J. F., Upton, J., Allegaert, K., Boerner, K., Mehta, K., Nguyen, K. A., Courtney, K., Hartling, L., Konstantinidis, M., Odermarsky, M., Butcher, N. J., Kolehmainen, N., Longmuir, P. E., Gill, P. J., Leroy, P., Feneberg, R., Poluru, R., Morris, S. K., Friedrichsdorf, S. J., Nagy, T. C., Klassen, T. P., Lacaze-Masmonteil, T., Onland, W., & Offringa, M. (2026). SPIRIT-Children and Adolescents (SPIRIT-C) 2026 extension statement: enhancing the reporting and usefulness of paediatric randomised trial protocols. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2352-4642(26)00005-2

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