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Announcements
Videos now available for the 2021 conference on Current Developments in Cluster Randomised Trials and Stepped Wedge Designs
Videos now available for the 2021 conference on Current Developments in Cluster Randomised Trials and Stepped Wedge Designs…
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/
New publication by Leyrat et al
Intervention effect estimates in cluster randomized versus individually randomized trials: a meta-epidemiological study …
CONSORT extension for SW-CRTs recently published
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 …
Events coming up
Online and face to face short course on the design and analysis of cluster randomised trials and stepped wedge designs
26 June to 30 June 2023 Cluster randomised trials and stepped wedge trials are increasingly used to evaluate health and social interventions. They require specific methods of statistical analysis. This course will include the rationale for using these designs,...
Current Developments in Cluster Randomised Trials and Stepped Wedge Designs 2022
Registration now open! The 8th annual cluster meeting on Current Developments in Cluster Randomised Trials and Stepped Wedge Designs will be held on 14-15 November 2022…
Past events
Current Developments in Cluster Randomised Trials and Stepped Wedge Designs 2021
15-17 November 2021
This annual meeting consists of a series of invited talks, regular talks, and rapid talks about new perspectives for the design, the analysis, and the reporting of cluster and stepped wedge designs…
Online short course on the design and analysis of cluster randomised trials and stepped wedge trials
28 June to 2 July 2021
Online short course on the design and analysis of cluster randomised trials and stepped wedge trials…
Challenges and applications of Cluster Randomised and Stepped Wedge Trials in a pandemic
4 May 2020
The Pragmatic Clinical Trials Unit at QMUL and Centre for Statistical Methodology at LSHTM are pleased to present a joint webinar on “What use are cluster randomised trials and stepped wedge designs in the COVID pandemic?”…
A practical guide to Cluster Randomised Trials and Stepped Wedge Design 2020
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
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…
Current developments in Cluster Randomised Trials and Stepped Wedge Designs 2019
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
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
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 Cluster randomised trials and Stepped Wedge Designs 2018
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