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The IDEAL collaboration has endorsed a number of suggestions for specific study designs and reporting standards which are recommended at different stages in the Framework. These suggestions are underpinned by a series of general principles for design and reporting, which are based on the different questions to be addressed and the challenges faced at each stage in the process