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ArticlePloS one2009

Analysis of group randomized trials with multiple binary endpoints and small number of groups.

Ji-Hyun Lee, Michael J Schell, Richard Roetzheim

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Article in PloS one, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ji-Hyun LeeBiostatistics Core, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, United States of America. ji-hyun.lee@moffitt.org
Michael J Schell
Richard Roetzheim

Funding

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCHP30CA076292 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI John L. Cleveland · 1998 to 2026
$93.5M
A COMMUNITY INTERVENTION TO PROMOTE CANCER SCREENINGR01CA077282 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI ROETZHEIM, RICHARD G · 1999 to 2002
$871k
NCI NIH HHS 2P30CA76292-08NCI NIH HHS P30 CA076292NCI NIH HHS R01 CA77282
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The group randomized trial (GRT) is a common study design to assess the effect of an intervention program aimed at health promotion or disease prevention. In GRTs, groups rather than individuals are randomized into intervention or control arms. Then, responses are measured on individuals within those groups. A number of analytical problems beset GRT designs. The major problem emerges from the likely positive intraclass correlation among observations of individuals within a group. This paper provides an overview of the analytical method for GRT data and applies this method to a randomized cancer prevention trial, where multiple binary primary endpoints were obtained. We develop an index of extra variability to investigate group-specific effects on response. The purpose of the index is to understand the influence of individual groups on evaluating the intervention effect, especially, when a GRT study involves a small number of groups. The multiple endpoints from the GRT design are analyzed using a generalized linear mixed model and the stepdown Bonferroni method of Holm.

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Research DesignData Interpretation, StatisticalHumansLinear ModelsModels, StatisticalNeoplasmsPatient SelectionRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSample Size

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PMID19844579
PMCPMC2760209

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