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  • Clinical trial design
  • Biostatistics
  • Health services research

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  • Randomized control trials (RCTs) may lack external validity when participant preferences are ignored.
  • Excluding or not accommodating patient preferences can negatively impact trial accrual, adherence, retention, and generalizability.
  • There is a growing need for clinical trial designs that effectively integrate participant treatment preferences.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and evaluate a novel clinical trial design, the Partially Randomized, Patient Preference, Sequential, Multiple Assignment, Randomized Trial (PRPP-SMART).
  • To develop and assess Bayesian and frequentist weighted and replicated regression models (WRRMs) for analyzing data from PRPP-SMART trials.
  • To estimate dynamic treatment regimes (DTRs) efficiently by utilizing data from both randomized and non-randomized participants.

Main Methods:

  • The proposed PRPP-SMART design combines elements of Partially Randomized, Patient Preference (PRPP) and Sequential, Multiple Assignment, Randomized Trial (SMART) designs.
  • A two-stage PRPP-SMART with binary outcomes was conceptualized for estimating embedded DTRs.
  • Bayesian and frequentist WRRMs were developed to analyze data, incorporating both randomized and non-randomized participants.

Main Results:

  • The developed WRRMs provide efficient estimation of DTR effects by including non-randomized participants.
  • The proposed methods demonstrated negligible bias in DTR effect estimation.
  • Comparison with traditional PRPP analysis, which excludes non-randomized participants, showed improved efficiency.

Conclusions:

  • The PRPP-SMART design offers a promising framework for clinical trials that accommodate patient preferences.
  • The associated Bayesian and frequentist WRRMs provide a robust and efficient analytical approach for such trials.
  • Integrating participant preferences can enhance the validity and applicability of clinical trial findings.