2024
Evaluating analytic models for individually randomized group treatment trials with complex clustering in nested and crossed designs
Moyer J, Li F, Cook A, Heagerty P, Pals S, Turner E, Wang R, Zhou Y, Yu Q, Wang X, Murray D. Evaluating analytic models for individually randomized group treatment trials with complex clustering in nested and crossed designs. Statistics In Medicine 2024, 43: 4796-4818. PMID: 39225281, DOI: 10.1002/sim.10206.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGroup treatmentRandomized group treatment trialsTreatment trialsDeliver treatmentNominal type I error rateData generating mechanismRating inflationType I error rateMultiple membershipsType I error rate inflationParticipantsAgent settingMultiple agentsOutcome measuresSingle agent settingTrial armsSimulation studyStudy designTherapistsStudy armsEvaluate analytical modelsContinuous outcomes
2023
Sample size considerations for assessing treatment effect heterogeneity in randomized trials with heterogeneous intracluster correlations and variances
Tong G, Taljaard M, Li F. Sample size considerations for assessing treatment effect heterogeneity in randomized trials with heterogeneous intracluster correlations and variances. Statistics In Medicine 2023, 42: 3392-3412. PMID: 37316956, DOI: 10.1002/sim.9811.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGroup treatment trialsTreatment effect modificationRandomized trialsTreatment trialsEffect modificationEffect modifiersIntracluster correlation coefficientIndividual-level effect modifiersStudy armsTreatment effect heterogeneityOutcome observationsContinuous outcomesTrialsGroup treatmentTreatment effectsOutcome varianceEffect heterogeneityIntracluster correlationSample sizeSample size formula