Research and reporting methods for the stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial
The stepped‐wedge cluster randomised trial (SW‐CRT) is a novel research study design that is increasingly being used in the evaluation of service delivery type interventions. Recent systematic reviews have demonstrated that use of this study design is clearly on the increase. In the early history of cluster randomised trials it was not unusual to see trial results which were published without allowing for the clustering, and so results which were overly precise. Because the SW‐CRT is a new study design, it is possible that the analysis and reporting of these trials are not adequately reported. Reporting guidelines specific to SWCRTs do not exist, but here we recommend some minor additions or modifications that can be made to the cluster consort guidelines until specific guidelines for SW‐CRTs are formalised.
One day work shop: Stepped wedge cluster RCT Roadshow
For information on upcoming dates please contact Karla: k.hemming@bham.ac.uk
Collaborators: Karla works with an international group of people all interested and actively researching into the stepped wedge design.
This includes: Monica Taljaard, Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Community Medicine University of Ottawa http://www.ohri.ca/profile/mtaljaard and Terry Haines, Monash University http://www.med.monash.edu.au/physio/staff/haines.html