2024
A review of current practice in the design and analysis of extremely small stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials.
Tong G, Nevins P, Ryan M, Davis-Plourde K, Ouyang Y, Pereira Macedo J, Meng C, Wang X, Caille A, Li F, Taljaard M. A review of current practice in the design and analysis of extremely small stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials. Clinical Trials 2024, 17407745241276137. PMID: 39377196, DOI: 10.1177/17407745241276137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSmall-sample correctionsStepped-wedge cluster randomized trialCluster randomized trialSample size calculation methodGeneralized linear mixed modelsLongitudinal correlation structureSize calculation methodLinear mixed modelsPermutation testSample sizeBayesian approachRandomized trialsCorrelation structureMixed modelsBayesian analysisGeneralized estimating equationsPermutationMedian sample sizeIntervention conditionRandomization methodEquations
2020
An evidence mapping and analysis of registered COVID-19 clinical trials in China
Lu L, Li F, Wen H, Ge S, Zeng J, Luo W, Wang L, Tang C, Xu N. An evidence mapping and analysis of registered COVID-19 clinical trials in China. BMC Medicine 2020, 18: 167. PMID: 32493331, PMCID: PMC7268588, DOI: 10.1186/s12916-020-01612-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 clinical trialsCurrent Control TrialsClinical Trials RegistryNational Research RegisterTraditional Chinese medicinePrimary outcomeTrials RegistryClinical trialsAntiviral drugsCOVID-19 nucleic acid testInternational Clinical Trials Registry PlatformAustralian Clinical Trials RegistryClinical Trials Registry PlatformChinese Clinical Trial RegistryEvidence mappingPilot studyPhase 4 trialTrials Registry PlatformNucleic acid testCOVID-19 trialsData monitoring committeePublic Health DivisionMedian sample sizeBiological agentsType of intervention