Cluster Meeting
Current developments in cluster randomised trials and stepped wedge designs
7th October 2015, 9:30-12:30
Royal Statistical Society Medical Section Errol St, London EC1Y 8LX
9:30 – Introduction (Sandra Eldridge)
9:40 – 10:25: Session 1 (Analysis of Cluster Randomised Trials –
Chair: Mike Campbell)
9:40 - Analysing cluster randomised trials with a baseline assessment of outcome.
Richard Hooper, Queen Mary University of London
9:55 - Should we use two parameters when adjusting for an individual level covariate in the analysis of a cluster randomised trial?
Neil Wright, Queen Mary University of London
10:10 - Spatial regression and indirect effects in cluster randomized trials.
Karim Anaya-Izquierdo, University of Bath
10:25 – 10:55: Session 2 (Meta-analyses – Chair: Karla Hemming)
10:25 - Is the inclusion of cluster randomized trials in individual patient data meta analysis a good idea? A simulation study.
Gian Luca Di Tanna, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
10:40 - A meta-epidemiological study comparing cluster to individually randomised trials.
Bruno Giraudeau, INSERM U 1153, Paris, France – INSERM CIC 1415, Tours, France
10:55 – Break
11:05 – 11:35: Session 3 (Stepped Wedge Designs –
Chair: Bruno Giraudeau)
11:05 - Stepped wedge designs for individually randomised trials with waiting list controls. Richard Hooper, Queen Mary University of London
11:20 - Sample size calculations for Stepped-Wedge Design Cluster Randomised Trials with unequal cluster sizes.
Caroline Kristunas, University of Leicester
11:35 – 12:05: Session 4 (Graphical Tools –
Chair: Richard Hooper)
11:35 - Timeline Cluster: a graphical tool for a better description of the chronology in cluster randomised trials. Agnès Caille, INSERM U 1153, Paris, France – INSERM CIC 1415, Tours, France
11:50 - Choosing a cluster design for cohort and cross-sectional studies, with and without nested clusters. Alan Girling, University of Birmingham
12:05 – Questions/Comments and Closing Remarks (Chair: Sandra Eldridge)