Table 3.

Comparison of the CONSORT and ARRIVE guidelines

CONSORT	ARRIVE
Title and abstract	Title and abstract
Introduction	Introduction
Background and objectives	Background and objectives
Methods	Methods
Trial design	Study design
Participants	Experimental animals
Interventions	Experimental procedures
Outcomes
Sample size	Sample size
Randomization sequence generation
Allocation concealment	Allocation of animals to experimental groups
Randomization implementation
Blinding
Statistical methods	Statistical methods
	Housing and husbandry
	Ethical statement
Results	Results
Participant flow diagram
Recruitment
Baseline data	Baseline data
Numbers analyzed	Numbers analyzed
Outcomes and estimation	Outcomes and estimation
Ancillary analyses
Harms	Adverse events
Discussion	Discussion
Limitations	Interpretation and scientific implications (including limitations)
Generalizability Interpretation	Generalizability/translation
Other Information
Trial registration
Location of full protocol description
Funding source(s)	Funding source(s)