在集群随机试验中测试子组特定治疗效果的样本大小要求
Xueqi Wang1,2, Keith S Goldfeld3, Monica Taljaard4,5
1Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.
概括
引入了集群随机试验 (CRT) 中样本大小和功率分析的新方法. 这些方法侧重于测试特定小组的治疗效果,这对于评估医疗保健提供干预措施中的健康公平至关重要.
科学领域:
- 生物统计学 生物统计学
- 临床试验设计 临床试验设计
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 集群随机试验 (CRT) 广泛用于医疗保健提供干预措施.
- 现有的CRT样本大小方法主要针对治疗效应的异质性,而不是特定子组的效应.
- 由于健康公平考虑,越来越需要解决子组特定影响的方法.
研究的目的:
- 开发正式的样本大小和功率分析方法,用于测试平行臂CRT中的子组特定处理效应.
- 为特定子组治疗效果估计器的差异和共变提供分析洞察力.
- 为了方便对全车和交叉路口联合测试的功率计算.
主要方法:
- 在具有连续结果和二进制子组变量的平行臂CRT中开发了样本大小和功率计算的分析方法.
- 针对特定子组治疗效果估计器的差异及其共差的衍生公式.
- 通过模拟研究验证方法,并用UMEA痴呆和运动 (UMDEX) CRT进行说明.
主要成果:
- 特定小组治疗效应的差异和共变性是整体和异质治疗效应差异的加权平均值.
- 拟议的方法提供了明确的要求,以实现所需的电力为总体和交叉路口联合测试.
- 模拟结果显示实证和预测功率之间有很好的对应性.
结论:
- 开发的方法为CRT中特定子组治疗效应的样本大小和功率计算提供了正式的方法.
- 这些方法对于适当规划旨在评估健康公平的CRT至关重要.
- 这些发现支持强大的试验设计,用于评估不同参与者子组的干预措施.
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