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Partially clustered trials are defined as trials where some observations belong to a cluster and others are independent. For example, neonatal trials may include infants from a single, twin, or tripl...

Objective To conduct a methodological systematic review of multicentre trials of premature infants to (1) determine if and how multiple births have been considered in the design, analysis and reportin...

Introduction: Clinical trial designs based on the assumption of independent observations are well established. Clustered clinical trial designs, where all obser...