关于因数随机试验协议的共识声明:扩展SPIRIT 2013年声明
Brennan C Kahan1, Sophie S Hall2, Elaine M Beller3
1MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, London, United Kingdom.
JAMA network open
|December 5, 2023
概括
这项研究制定了对因数试验的新报告准则,以提高透明度. 该指南是SPIRIT 2013声明的延伸,包括试验协议的9个新项目.
科学领域:
- 临床试验方法论 临床试验方法论
- 卫生研究报告标准 报告标准
背景情况:
- 对试验方案的透明报告对于清晰度和评估研究方法至关重要.
- 事实试验,同时评估多种干预措施,提出了独特的报告挑战.
- 现有的指导方针,如标准协议项目:干预试验建议 (SPIRIT) 2013年声明,缺乏对因数设计的具体扩展.
研究的目的:
- 开发基于共识的SPIRIT 2013声明的扩展,适用于因子试验.
- 提高因子试验协议的透明度和实用性.
- 为因数试验的独特方法学方面提供明确的报告建议.
主要方法:
- 使用了提高健康研究质量和透明度 (EQUATOR) 方法框架.
- 进行了方法论文章的范围审查,并补充了专家收藏.
- 采用了3轮的Delphi调查,包括104名国际小组成员,随后是15名小组成员的混合共识会议.
主要成果:
- 从原始的SPIRIT 2013检查清单中修改了9个项目,用于因数试验报告.
- 关键建议包括说明因子设计和假设相互作用的理由.
- 重点是确定主要的比较治疗组,并详细说明比较和相互作用评估的统计方法.
结论:
- 在SPIRIT检查清单中引入了9个因子特定报告项目.
- 这些补充旨在增加因数试验协议的实用性和透明度.
- 遵守这些建议将提高复杂的因数试验设计报告的质量.
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