INSIDE PEPTIDES: RESEARCH EVIDENCE CHECKLIST
Educational worksheet | Updated 10 October 2026
No numerical score, medical advice or dosing instructions.

Claim and original wording: ____________________________________
Source title: _________________________________________________
DOI / PMID / NCT identifier: ___________________________________
Source URL: ___________________________________________________
Access date: __________________________________________________

[ ] Exact claim and intended population identified
    Notes: ____________________________________________________
[ ] Original source and publication format checked
    Notes: ____________________________________________________
[ ] Current publisher version and notices checked
    Notes: ____________________________________________________
[ ] Cells / animals / healthy volunteers / patients distinguished
    Notes: ____________________________________________________
[ ] Exact molecule, formulation and route match the claim
    Notes: ____________________________________________________
[ ] Design, randomization, masking and comparator recorded
    Notes: ____________________________________________________
[ ] Randomized/analyzed sample and follow-up recorded
    Notes: ____________________________________________________
[ ] Planned primary and secondary outcomes distinguished
    Notes: ____________________________________________________
[ ] Effect, units and confidence interval recorded
    Notes: ____________________________________________________
[ ] Missing data, withdrawals and harms assessed
    Notes: ____________________________________________________
[ ] Sponsor, conflicts and independent replication checked
    Notes: ____________________________________________________
[ ] Regulatory product, indication, country and date checked
    Notes: ____________________________________________________

Use “not reported” rather than inventing missing details.
Ticks are a record of checks, not a study-quality score.

Evidence supports: _____________________________________________
Important uncertainty: _________________________________________
What the evidence does not establish: __________________________

Guide and references:
https://insidepeptides.org/blog/peptide-research-evidence-checklist-for-readers/
NLM: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/help/
ICMJE: https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/publishing-and-editorial-issues/corrections-and-version-control.html
Cochrane: https://www.cochrane.org/authors/handbooks-and-manuals/handbook/current/chapter-14