Background and Aims A Study Within A Trial (SWAT) is a research study embedded within a larger trial which aims to investigate different strategies for a particular trial process, such as trial recrui...

Background Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard for evaluating treatment effects, with the results informing policy and clinical practice. To ensure appropriate methods are utilis...

Background Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard for evaluating treatment effects, with the results informing policy and clinical practice. To ensure appropriate methods are utilis...

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Background An estimand is a precise description of the treatment effect a trial is aiming to find out. We previously identified that public partners (defined as patients and/or members of the public w...

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This summer, I had the opportunity to attend the 46th Annual Conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (ISCB) in Basel. It was an incredible week of learning and networking wi...

Non-inferiority (NI) trials typically require larger sample sizes than superiority comparisons. This is problematic for uncommon conditions where recruitment is restricted. When a power calculation re...

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Background The use of estimands in clinical trials was formalised with the adoption of the final International Conference on Harmonisation E9 Addendum on Estimands and Sensitivity Analysis in Clinical...

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Therapeutic options for people experiencing neuropathic pain from diabetic peripheral neuropathy are limited, and impact can be severe. Physical and psychological interventions remain under-explore...

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Abstract. When it comes to highly technical statistical methodology research, is patient and public involvement and engagement relevant, or just a funding

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The study aimed to assess the design, reporting, and risk of bias in effectiveness trials in manual therapy, comparing pragmatic with non-pragmatic trials and trials with and without placebo controls.