CONSORT are a set of initiatives to address inadequate reporting in clinical trials. CONSORT does not include re-analysis of and restoration based on the below-water bulk of the reporting iceberg, but aims to set standards of how a randomised trial should be reported in the biomedical literature.

It is no coincidence that both RIAT and CONSORT were developed by evidence synthetisers, those who in their daily work identify the misreporting of trials. The RIAT instrument RIATAR (RIAT Audit Record) is based on the CONSORT statement, which remains the most authoritative and comprehensive checklist of all items needed for the proper reporting of randomized trials.