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Preference-adaptive randomization in comparative effectiveness studies.

Benjamin French¹, Dylan S Small², Julie Novak³

¹Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, 19104, PA, USA. bcfrench@upenn.edu.

|April 19, 2015

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Preference-adaptive randomization improves comparative effectiveness trials by balancing participant acceptance and efficacy. This method enhances statistical power and reduces bias when intervention uptake varies significantly between groups.

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Area of Science:

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Clinical Trials
Health Services Research

Background:

Comparative effectiveness research (CER) faces challenges when participant intervention acceptance (uptake) differs across study arms.
Unequal acceptance rates in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) can lead to post-randomization bias and reduced statistical power.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel preference-adaptive randomization procedure to address variable intervention acceptance in RCTs.
To optimize the updating frequency of allocation probabilities through simulation studies.
To demonstrate the application of this method in a smoking cessation trial.

Main Methods:

Developed a preference-adaptive randomization procedure that dynamically adjusts allocation probabilities based on inverse relative acceptance rates.
Conducted simulation studies to determine optimal updating frequency for allocation probabilities.
Applied the procedure to an RCT investigating financial incentives for smoking cessation.

Main Results:

Preference-adaptive randomization with frequent updating effectively managed differing acceptance rates across arms.
The procedure balanced the number of participants accepting interventions, even with unequal initial allocation probabilities.
In the smoking cessation trial, the method successfully balanced participant characteristics and ensured equal numbers in more acceptable intervention arms.

Conclusions:

Preference-adaptive randomization, combined with instrumental variable analysis, enhances the validity and generalizability of CER.
This approach increases statistical power by maintaining balanced sample sizes for efficacy analyses.
It preserves the ability of randomization to balance covariates for effectiveness analyses.