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Transparent reporting of observational studies emulating a target trial: the TARGET Statement
| Reporting guideline provided for? (i.e. exactly what the authors state in the paper) |
The Transparent Reporting of Observational Studies Emulating a Target Trial (TARGET) guideline was developed for reporting analyses of observational data that explicitly aim to estimate causal effects by emulating a target trial. |
| Full bibliographic reference | Cashin AG, Hansford HJ, Hernán MA, Swanson SA, Lee H, Jones MD, Dahabreh IJ, Dickerman BA, Egger M, Garcia-Albeniz X, Golub RM, Islam N, Lodi S, Moreno-Betancur M, Pearson SA, Schneeweiss S, Sharp MK, Sterne JAC, Stuart EA, McAuley JH. Transparent reporting of observational studies emulating a target trial: the TARGET Statement. This guideline was published simultaneously in 2 journals. You can read the guideline in any of these journals using the links below. BMJ. 2025; 390:e087179. PMID: 40903028 JAMA. 2025. PMID: 40899949 |
| Language | English |
| Relevant URLs (full-text if available) |
Download the checklist here. |
| Reporting guideline website URL | https://target-guideline.org/ |
| Reporting guideline acronym | TARGET |
| Study design | Experimental studies, Observational studies |
| Applies to the whole report or to individual sections of the report? | Whole report |
| Record last updated on | September 10, 2025 |