Trial Management Group Section
SPIRIT 2025 lists the trial management group as an example of a committee or group involved in coordinating and conducting a trial and recommends reporting its role, responsibilities, sponsor/funder relationship, membership, and known leadership. Trial governance varies by sponsor, jurisdiction, design, and institution. Use the project’s real group names and responsibilities rather than importing a generic committee template.
A Trial Management Group section describes the group responsible for day-to-day trial coordination and how that group fits into the trial’s governance structure.
Key details
Important caveats
Scope Boundary
Trial governance varies by sponsor, jurisdiction, design, and institution. Use the project’s real group names and responsibilities rather than importing a generic committee template.
Further guidance
Content
State the group’s operational remit, key responsibilities, relationship to sponsor/funder and other committees, membership profile, and named leadership when known.
Purpose
Explain who manages day-to-day trial conduct and how operational responsibilities are divided.
Sources and evidence
Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.
- SPIRIT 2025 explanation and elaboration: updated guideline for protocols of randomised trials (opens in a new tab)BMJ / SPIRIT-CONSORT Group · Primary SPIRIT 2025 explanation and elaboration for trial protocols, including trial monitoring and data monitoring committee roles and reporting structure.