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Guoqiao Wang1, Andrew J Aschenbrenner2, Yan Li2
1Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Introduction:
Study outcomes can be measured repeatedly based on the clinical trial protocol before randomization during what is known as the "run-in" period. However, it has not been established how best to incorporate run-in data into the primary analysis of the trial.
Methods:
We proposed two-period (run-in period and randomization period) linear mixed effects models to simultaneously model the run-in data and the postrandomization data.
Results:
Compared with the traditional models, the two-period linear mixed effects models can increase the power up to 15% and yield similar power for both unequal randomization and equal randomization.
Discussion:
Given that analysis of run-in data using the two-period linear mixed effects models allows more participants (unequal randomization) to be on the active treatment with similar power to that of the equal-randomization trials, it may reduce the dropout by assigning more participants to the active treatment and thus improve the efficiency of AD clinical trials.
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