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  • Clinical Trials Methodology
  • Health Research Methods

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  • Attrition is prevalent in cluster randomized trials (CRTs), resulting in missing outcome data.
  • Analyzing CRTs with missing data requires robust statistical approaches to avoid biased intervention effect estimates.
  • Cluster-level and individual-level analyses are common, each with different sensitivities to missing data mechanisms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the performance of different analytical methods for handling missing continuous outcomes in CRTs.
  • To evaluate bias, standard error, and coverage probability under various missingness scenarios dependent on baseline covariates.
  • To assess the validity of cluster-level analysis, adjusted cluster-level analysis, linear mixed models, and multiple imputation.

Main Methods:

  • Simulated cluster randomized trials with continuous outcomes and baseline covariate-dependent missingness.
  • Compared unadjusted cluster-level analysis, baseline covariate adjusted cluster-level analysis, and linear mixed models.
  • Employed complete case analysis and multiple imputation techniques to address missing outcome data.
  • Investigated four scenarios differing in missingness mechanisms and baseline covariate effects between intervention groups.

Main Results:

  • Unadjusted and adjusted cluster-level analyses yielded unbiased estimates only when missingness mechanisms were identical across groups and no interaction existed between baseline covariates and intervention.
  • Linear mixed models and multiple imputation provided unbiased estimates across all scenarios when appropriate interactions were included.
  • Cluster mean imputation was valid only under specific conditions (same missingness, no interaction).
  • Multiple imputation exhibited overcoverage with a small number of clusters per group.

Conclusions:

  • Linear mixed models and multiple imputation are recommended for analyzing CRTs with missing continuous outcomes due to their robustness across various missingness mechanisms.
  • Simpler cluster-level analyses are prone to bias unless specific assumptions about missingness and covariate effects are met.
  • Careful consideration of the missing data mechanism and potential interactions is crucial for accurate intervention effect estimation in CRTs.