SPIRIT-CONSORT-ELM: Element-Level Annotated Dataset and Large Language Model Approach for Assessing Randomized Controlled Trial Reporting
Develops detailed reporting annotations and an evidence-retrieval plus language-model pipeline to assess whether trial protocols and results report individual SPIRIT and CONSORT elements.
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Research toolsReporting transparency
Author affiliations & identifiers
- Lan Jiang: School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA. · ORCID 0009-0004-2764-0697
- Xiangji Ying: Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. · ORCID 0000-0002-1713-3788
- Andrew W Brown: Department of Biostatistics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.; Arkansas Children's Research Institute, Little Rock, AR, USA. · ORCID 0000-0002-1758-8205
- Mengfei Lan: School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA. · ORCID 0000-0002-0237-0406
- Wenxuan Song: School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA. · ORCID 0009-0006-0718-6882
- Joe D Menke: School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA. · ORCID 0000-0002-7374-7549
- Colby J Vorland: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA. · ORCID 0000-0003-4225-372X
- Evan Mayo-Wilson: Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. · ORCID 0000-0001-6126-2459
- Halil Kilicoglu: School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA. · ORCID 0000-0003-3987-9393
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