A review of current practice in the design and analysis of extremely small stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials

G Tong, P Nevins, M Ryan, K Davis-Plourde… - Clinical …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background/Aims Stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials tend to require fewer clusters
than standard parallel-arm designs due to the switches between control and intervention …

Evaluating the performance of Bayesian and restricted maximum likelihood estimation for stepped wedge cluster randomized trials with a small number of clusters

KL Grantham, J Kasza, S Heritier, JB Carlin… - BMC Medical Research …, 2022 - Springer
Background Stepped wedge trials are an appealing and potentially powerful cluster
randomized trial design. However, they are frequently implemented with a small number of …

Pragmatic cluster randomized trial to evaluate effectiveness and implementation of EHR-facilitated collaborative symptom control in cancer (E2C2): addendum

J Herrin, LJ Finney Rutten, KJ Ruddy, K Kroenke… - Trials, 2023 - Springer
We previously described the hypotheses, outcomes, design, and analysis for E2C2, a
pragmatic stepped-wedge trial to assess an intervention to improve symptom control in …

Implementation of increased physical therapy intensity for improving walking after stroke: Walk'n watch protocol for a multisite stepped-wedge cluster-randomized …

S Peters, SB Lim, MT Bayley, K Best… - … Journal of Stroke, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Rationale: Clinical practice guidelines support structured, progressive protocols for
improving walking after stroke. Yet, practice is slow to change, evidenced by the little amount …

A Bayesian adaptive design approach for stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials

J Wang, J Cao, C Ahn, S Zhang - Clinical Trials, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The Bayesian group sequential design has been applied widely in clinical
studies, especially in Phase II and III studies. It allows early termination based on …

Advancing Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trials Analysis: Bayesian Hierarchical Penalized Spline Models for Immediate and Time-Varying Intervention Effects

D Wu, HG Park, CR Grudzen, KS Goldfeld - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Stepped wedge cluster randomized trials (SWCRTs) often face challenges with potential
confounding by time trends. Traditional frequentist methods can fail to provide adequate …

Priors from Envisioned Posterior Judgments: A Novel Elicitation Approach With Application to Bayesian Clinical Trials

Y Ouyang, JJ Eng, D Zhan, H Wong - arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.05271, 2024 - arxiv.org
The uptake of formalized prior elicitation from experts in Bayesian clinical trials has been
limited, largely due to the challenges associated with complex statistical modeling, the lack …

The SToP (See, Treat, Prevent) Skin Sores and Scabies Trial-a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial for skin disease control in remote Western Australia: Statistical …

M Jones, H Thomas, T Snelling, A Bowen, J Marsh - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
The SToP trial is an (open-cohort) stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial (SWCRT) that
aims to evaluate a skin health programme comprising three intervention components (1) …