A website for cluster randomised trials including stepped wedge: facilitating quality trials and methodological research.

Autor: Chan CL; Centre for Evaluation and Methods, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, Yvonne Carter Building, 58 Turner Street, London, E1 2AB, UK. c.l.chan@qmul.ac.uk., Leyrat C; Department of Medical Statistics, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK., Martin J; Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK., Thompson J; Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK., Turner EL; Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.; Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA., Eldridge SM; Bristol Trials Centre, Bristol Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Beacon House, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1QU, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Trials [Trials] 2024 Nov 06; Vol. 25 (1), pp. 742. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 06.
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-024-08597-6
Abstrakt: Background: A cluster randomised trial is a randomised controlled trial in which groups of individuals (clusters) are randomised to treatment arms. Stepped wedge cluster randomised trials are a type of cluster randomised trial where clusters are randomised to sequences. These trial designs are important for impacting decision-making, and it is therefore important that they be well-conducted and reported.
Main Body: In November 2018, we created a new website dedicated to cluster randomised trials, including stepped wedge designs: https://clusterrandomisedtrials.qmul.ac.uk/ . The idea for the website emerged from the conference on Current Developments in Cluster Randomised Trials and Stepped Wedge Designs held in November 2016 at Queen Mary University of London, with the aim to provide an online resource to facilitate quality trials and methodological research on these types of trial. The website is divided into sections covering Design, Analysis and Reporting for traditional (i.e. parallel two-arm) cluster randomised trials and stepped wedge designs and contains resources in the form of hyperlinks to relevant papers along with brief explanations. A noticeboard page provides details on announcements, events, and past events.
Conclusion: We aim to keep the site updated with the latest publications and events related to cluster randomised trials, and welcome suggestions from the research community on further resources or events to add. We hope that the site will facilitate high-quality traditional and stepped wedge cluster randomised trials.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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