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This page features news items, events and courses concerned wholly or partly with CRTs and SW-CRTs which are open for people to attend and might be of interest, as well as details of past events and courses that were once listed here.
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News
New Stata command for CRT cluster-level analysis
05 November 2020 Planning to use a cluster-level analysis for your CRT? Consider using the new clan Stata command recently released on SSC. The command calculates intervention effect estimates adjusting for individual and cluster level covariates and strata used in...
New publication on using GEE for SW-CRTs
05 November 2020 This article explores how to use GEE in SW-CRTs with a small number of clusters. We find that GEE provide a robust method of analysis and some small sample corrections work well with as few as 12 clusters. Follow this link to read the paper
New blog on stepped wedge trials
A new website devoted to explaining stepped wedge trials in a non-technical fashion has been published
https://steppedwedgehog.blog/
Post-doctoral researcher position on CRTs available in Tours, France
Exciting 18 months post-doc position available in Rours, France to work on time-to-event outcomes in cluster randomized trials.
Date for next CRT meeting announced
London, week commencing 7th June 2021
This annual meeting consists of a series of short talks, poster presentations and discussions and workshops…
A practical guide to Cluster Randomised Trials and Stepped Wedge Design 2020
London 15th June to 19th June 2020
This course is based on the book ‘A Practical Guide to Cluster Randomised Trials in Health Services Research’ by Sandra Eldridge and Sally Kerry…
Third international conference on Stepped Wedge trial design
University of York 16-17 March 2020
An event to share ideas, experience, best practice and challenges for the design, implementation and analysis of the stepped wedge design model…
New publication by Leyrat et al
9 November 2018
Intervention effect estimates in cluster randomized versus individually randomized trials: a meta-epidemiological study …
CONSORT extension for SW-CRTs recently published
9 November 2018
The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement is a guideline designed to improve the transparency and quality of the reporting of randomised controlled trials …
Adapted Cochrane ROB-2 tool coming soon
9 October 2018
The Cochrane Risk of Bias (RoB) tool is being extended to cluster randomised trials.
Past events
Current developments in CRTs and SW-CRT designs 2019
London 12-13 November 2019
This annual meeting consists of a series of short talks, poster presentations and discussions and workshops…
Design and Analysis of Cluster Randomised and Stepped Wedge Trials
London 8-12 July 2019
This course will provide a clear understanding of the design and analysis of cluster randomised trials and stepped wedge trials…
A practical guide to Cluster Randomised Trials and Stepped Wedge Design
London 29th April to 3rd May 2019
This course is based on the book ‘A Practical Guide to Cluster Randomised Trials in Health Services Research’ by Sandra Eldridge and Sally Kerry…
Current developments in CRTs and SW-CRT designs 2018
London 21-22 November 2018
This annual meeting consists of a series of short talks, poster presentations and discussions and workshops
Distance learning cluster randomised trials short course
November 2018 to June 2019 A module to understand the key features in the design, analysis and reporting of cluster randomised trials
A practical guide to Cluster Randomised Trials
16th to 20th April 2017
This course is based on the book ‘A Practical Guide to Cluster Randomised Trials in Health Services Research’ by Sandra Eldridge and Sally Kerry
Second international conference on Stepped Wedge trial designs
19th to 20th March 2018
This event aims to bring together practitioners, researchers and methodologists to share ideas, experience, best practice and challenges
Current developments in CRT and SW-CRT designs 2017
30th November 2017
This annual meeting will consist of a series of short talks, poster presentations and discussions and workshops
Current developments in CRT and SW-CRT designs 2016
29th November 2016
Current developments
First international conference on Stepped Wedge Trial design
10 March 2016
The First International Conference on the Stepped Wedge Trial Design was hosted by the York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York on 10 March 2016