Mandatory items		Optional items
Methods
Study design	Parallel group RCT i.e. people randomized to treatment Within‐person RCT i.e. eyes randomized to treatment Cluster‐RCT i.e. communities randomized to treatment Cross‐over RCT Other, specify	Exclusions after randomization Losses to follow up Number randomized/analyzed How were missing data handled? e.g. available case analysis, imputation methods Reported power calculation (Y/N), if yes, sample size and power Unusual study design/issues
Eyes or Unit of randomization/ unit of analysis	One eye included in study, specify how eye selected Two eyes included in study, both eyes received same treatment, briefly specify how analyzed (best/worst/average/both and adjusted for within person correlation/both and not adjusted for within person correlation) and specify if mixture one eye and two eye Two eyes included in study, eyes received different treatments, specify if correct pair‐matched analysis done
Participants
Country		Setting Ethnic group Equivalence of baseline characteristics (Y/N)
Total number of participants	This information should be collected for total study population recruited into the study. If these data are only reported for the people who were followed up only, please indicate.
Number (%) of men and women
Average age and age range
Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
Interventions
Intervention (n = ) Comparator (n = ) See MECIR 65 and 70	Number of people randomized to this group Drug (or intervention) name Dose Frequency Route of administration
Outcomes
Primary and secondary outcomes as defined in study reports See MECIR R70	List outcomes Adverse events reported (Y/N) Length of follow up and intervals at which outcomes assessed	Planned/actual length of follow‐up