Reporting transparency and completeness in trials : Paper 4 - reporting of randomised controlled trials conducted using routinely collected electronic records - room for improvement

Acknowledgements This part of the project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) CTU Support Funding scheme - Supporting efficient/innovative delivery of NIHR research (PI Juszczak, Co-PI Gale, supported salary of SM). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. The development of CONSORT-ROUTINE and the present study were funded by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (PI Thombs, #PJT-156172; PIs Thombs and Kwakkenbos, #PCS-161863) and from the United Kingdom National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Trials Unit Support Funding. Dr. Langan was supported by a Wellcome Senior Clinical Fellowship in Science (205039/Z/16/Z). Dr. Gale was supported by the United Kingdom Medical Research Council through a Clinician Scientist Fellowship. Dr. Thombs was supported by a Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé researcher salary award and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair. Dr. Moher was supported by a University Research Chair (uOttawa).Peer reviewedPublisher PD