Background Stepped wedge trials are an appealing and potentially powerful cluster randomized trial design. However, they are frequently implemented with a small number of …
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 …
Rationale: Clinical practice guidelines support structured, progressive protocols for improving walking after stroke. Yet, practice is slow to change, evidenced by the little amount …
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 …
Stepped wedge cluster randomized trials (SWCRTs) often face challenges with potential confounding by time trends. Traditional frequentist methods can fail to provide adequate …
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 trial is an (open-cohort) stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial (SWCRT) that aims to evaluate a skin health programme comprising three intervention components (1) …