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Multi-panel figure: CONSORT and Kaplan–Meier

A trial results figure with the CONSORT 2025 flow diagram as panel A and Kaplan–Meier survival curves with a number-at-risk table as panel B.

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Assessed for eligibility (n = 412)Excluded (n = 192)Not meeting inclusion criteria (n = 118)Declined to participate (n = 64)Other reasons (n = 10)Randomised (n = 220)Allocated to intervention (drug) (n = 110)Received allocated intervention (n = 108)Did not receive allocated intervention (n = 2)Withdrew consent before first dose (n = 2)Allocated to placebo (n = 110)Received allocated intervention (n = 109)Did not receive allocated intervention (n = 1)Withdrew consent before first dose (n = 1)Discontinued intervention (n = 10)Adverse events (n = 7)Lack of efficacy (n = 3)Lost to follow-up for primary outcome (n = 5)Moved away (n = 3)No reason given (n = 2)Discontinued intervention (n = 9)Adverse events (n = 3)Lack of efficacy (n = 6)Lost to follow-up for primary outcome (n = 6)Moved away (n = 2)No reason given (n = 4)Analysed for primary outcome (n = 104)Excluded from analysis (n = 1)No baseline measurement (n = 1)Analysed for primary outcome (n = 104)Excluded from analysis (n = 0)EnrolmentAllocationFollow-upAnalysis020040060080010000.00.20.40.60.81.0Survival probabilityDays since enrolmentMale (n = 138)Female (n = 90)Log-rank P = 0.001HR 0.59 (95% CI 0.42–0.82)Number at riskMale13878311362Female9066261120AB
A, participant flow (CONSORT 2025); B, survival by group with numbers at risk. Illustrative combination of two example datasets. Illustrative data.

About this example

Trial reports often open the results with the flow of participants and follow it with the main time-to-event outcome. Placing both in one figure keeps the numbers randomised, analysed and at risk side by side for the reader.

The flow diagram spans the page so its boxes stay legible; the survival curves sit in a single-column cell. The two panels come from different example datasets here, so the numbers do not correspond: in your own figure they would come from the same trial.

The data

Panel ACONSORT flow diagram
Panel BKaplan–Meier curves

Each panel was made in its own CleanFigure tool at the width of its cell, so the text keeps its size. Open the example, replace the data with your own, and export the figure as SVG, PDF, PNG or TIFF.

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