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  • Clinical Trials Methodology

Background:

  • Intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis is standard for randomized trials but may not capture all essential information.
  • Per-protocol analysis, a common supplement to ITT, often relies on implausible assumptions of group comparability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight limitations of intention-to-treat analysis in specific scenarios.
  • To advocate for the use of randomization-based methods as a superior alternative.

Main Methods:

  • Discussion of the limitations of intention-to-treat analysis.
  • Comparison of intention-to-treat and per-protocol analyses.
  • Introduction of randomization-based methods as a preferred approach.

Main Results:

  • Intention-to-treat analysis is not always sufficient when treatment protocol is not followed.
  • Per-protocol analysis's assumption of comparability between non-randomized groups is often unrealistic.
  • Randomization-based methods circumvent the need for comparability assumptions.

Conclusions:

  • Randomization-based methods are preferable to per-protocol analysis when intention-to-treat analysis is insufficient.
  • These methods are particularly useful for exploring treatment-covariate interactions, treatment-time interactions, meta-analyses, and equivalence trials.