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Randomised Clinical Trials
Randomised Clinical Trials
Design, Practice and Reporting
Second Edition
David Machin
Leicester Cancer Research Centre
University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Medical Statistics Group, School of Health and Related Research
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Peter M. Fayers
Institute of Applied Health
University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Bee Choo Tai
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
National University of Singapore and National University Health System Singapore
Singapore, Singapore
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10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
To
Lorna Christine Machin
Tessa and Emma Fayers
Isaac Xu-En and Kheng-Chuan Koh
Contents
Preface xiii
1 Introduction 3
1.1 Introduction 3
1.2 Some completed trials 4
1.3 Choice of design 13
1.4 Practical constraints 18
1.5 Influencing clinical practice 20
1.6 History 20
1.7 How do trials arise? 22
1.8 Ethical considerations 24
1.9 Regulatory requirements 24
1.10 Focus 25
1.11 Further reading 25
2 Design Features 27
2.1 Introduction 27
2.2 The research question 29
2.3 Patient selection 30
2.4 The consent process 32
2.5 Choice of interventions 33
2.6 Choice of design 35
2.7 Assigning the interventions 37
2.8 Making the assessments 38
2.9 Analysis and reporting 38
2.10 Technical details 42
2.11 Guidelines 43
2.12 Further reading 44
3.3 Background 49
3.4 Research objectives 49
3.5 Design 52
3.6 Intervention details 53
3.7 Eligibility 56
3.8 Randomisation 58
3.9 Assessment and data collection 61
3.10 Statistical considerations 63
3.11 Ethical issues 66
3.12 Organisational structure 69
3.13 Publication policy 69
3.14 Trial forms 70
3.15 Appendices 71
3.16 Regulatory requirements 72
3.17 Guidelines 74
3.18 Protocols 74
5 Randomisation 103
5.1 Introduction 103
5.2 Rationale 104
5.3 Mechanics 104
5.4 Application 113
5.5 Carrying out randomisation 115
5.6 Documentation 119
5.7 Unacceptable methods 120
5.8 Guidelines 120
11 Reporting 229
11.1 Introduction 229
11.2 Publication 230
11.3 Responsibilities 233
11.4 Background 235
11.5 Methods 236
11.6 Findings 248
x CONTENTS
It is now more than 10 years since the first edition of this book was published. In the
intervening years, while many things have remained unchanged, there have also been
many new developments over the period. This second edition refreshes the first, refin-
ing some of the sections to better explain their contents and, at the same time, replacing
some examples with more current illustrations. To reflect the changes, we have created
new chapters by splitting and then expanding old chapters. Thus, we now include full
chapters on data and safety monitoring including interim analyses of accumulating
data, cluster designs, repeated measures, and noninferiority designs as there has been
a rapid increase in the use of such trial designs along with some methodological devel-
opments and improvements in statistical software available for analysis. In addition, we
have included entirely new chapters on stepped wedge designs, genomic targets and,
feasibility and pilot studies. The chapter on stepped wedge designs reflects the growing
importance of such complex intervention designs while that on genomic targets high-
lights the research focus directed towards more individualised medicine. In contrast, the
new chapter concerned with feasibility and pilot studies brings us back to the early pla-
nning stages of the clinical trial which is planned. The chapter is included as there is
increasing recognition that perhaps a more structured approach is required at the pla-
nning stage of any proposed trial. The intention is to help avoid the conduct of clinical
trials which fail due to the basic assumptions made at the planning stage being
inappropriate.
This edition is divided into three sections: I Basic Considerations, II Adaptions of the
Basic Design and III Further Topics. As the title suggests, the first section is intended to
cover topics that are relevant to all randomised trials of whatever design and complex-
ity. Thus, it may be the key section for those who are new to clinical trials and an aide-
memoire for those more experienced in this area. For this purpose, it concentrates on
the parallel two-group controlled trial with a single outcome measure where patients are
randomised individually to one of the two interventions concerned.
The second section expands on the individually randomised design in several ways
by considering paired designs, repeated assessments of the (same) outcome measure
over time, more than two interventions and non-inferiority trials. It also includes cluster
trials, and stepped wedge designs in which groups rather than individuals are rando-
mised to the interventions concerned. The final section deals with genomic targets, fea-
sibility and pilot studies, and a final chapter on miscellaneous topics including adaptive
xiv PREFACE
designs, large simple trials and very small trials with new additions describing alpha
spending functions and the predictive probability test for use in interim analyses.
We are grateful to many colleagues, collaborators and numerous investigators who
have contributed directly or indirectly to this book over many years.
We thank Isaac Koh for the cover design and Leo Liu for his professional advice
on this.
David Machin
Peter M. Fayers
Bee Choo Tai
Leicester and Sheffield, Aberdeen, and Singapore
PS
As we read the proofs of this book, under lockdown conditions imposed by Covid-19,
results of successful randomised trials with respect to treatments for those who have con-
tracted the disease and protective vaccines against the pandemic have been published.
These include the use of dexamethasone as described by The RECOVERY Collaborative
Group (2020) and the Pfizer-BioNTech mega-sized vaccine trial against Covid-19 tested
by Polack, Thomas, Kitchin, et al. (2020). To overcome the challenges in conducting
clinical trials as a result of lockdown and the need to minimise face-to-face contact
due to the infectious nature of the coronavirus, the use of e-consent is briefly discussed
in Chapter 3.
PART I
Basic Considerations
CHAPTER 1
Introduction
A very large number of clinical trials with human subjects have been conducted in a
wide variety of contexts. Many of these have been concerned, for example, with improv-
ing (in some way) the management of patients with disease and others the prevention of
the disease or condition in the first place. The essence of a clinical trial is the comparison
of a standard strategy with an alternative (perhaps novel) intervention. The aim of this
chapter is to illustrate some of the wide variety of clinical trials that have been conducted
and to highlight some key features of their design, conduct and analysis.
1.1 Introduction
The aim of this book is to introduce those who are to become involved with randomised
clinical trials to the wide range of challenges that are faced by those who conduct such
trials. Thus, our intended readership is expected to range from healthcare professionals
of all disciplines who are concerned with patient care to those more involved with the
non-clinical aspects such as the statistical design, data processing and subsequent anal-
ysis of the results. We assume no prior knowledge of clinical trial processes, and we have
attempted to explain the more statistical sections in as non-technical a way as possible.
In a first reading of this book, these sections could be omitted. Throughout the book, we
stress the collaborative nature of clinical trials activity and would hope that readers
would consult their more experienced colleagues on aspects of our coverage.
The business of clinical trials is an ongoing process, and as we write, trials are cur-
rently being designed (particularly with respect to the coronavirus), opened, conducted,
closed, analysed, reported, results filtered into current practice and the next planned. To
describe the key features of this process, it is difficult to know where to start as each stage
interacts with each of the others to some extent. For example, in designing a trial the
investigators need to be mindful of the eventual analysis to be undertaken as this gov-
erns (but it is only one aspect of ) how large a trial should be launched. Some of the steps
are intellectually challenging, for example, defining the key therapeutic question, whilst
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others may perhaps appear more mundane, such as defining the data forms or the data
entry procedures but all steps (whether large or small: major or minor) underpin the
eventual successful outcome – the influence on clinical practice once the trial results
are available. For many of these aspects of the process, whole books have been written.
We can only provide an introduction to these.
Numerous terms including ‘clinical trial’ itself need to be introduced. As a conse-
quence, we have included a Glossary of Terms, which is mainly extracted from Day
(2007) Dictionary of Clinical Trials. Thus, the Glossary defines: clinical trial: any sys-
tematic study of the effects of a treatment in human subjects. These definitions may not
be exhaustive in the sense, that ‘treatment’ used here may be substituted by, for example,
‘intervention’ depending on the specific context of the clinical trial under consideration.
Clinical trials require a multidisciplinary approach in which all partners play a key
role at some stage of the trial process. Furthermore, ‘Evidence-Based Medicine’ (EBM)
requires that it is important to consider critically all the available evidence about
whether, for example, a treatment works, before recommending it for clinical practice.
In this respect, it is therefore vital that one can clearly see that a proposed trial addresses
a key question which will have a clinically meaningful outcome, is well designed, con-
ducted and reported, and the results are persuasive enough to change clinical practice if
appropriate.
Despite perhaps not having a professional interest in the science of clinical trials,
everyone has a vested interest in them as potential patients requiring care. How many
of us have never been to see a doctor, had a hospital admission or taken medication? All
of us may be, have been, or certainly will be, recipients of clinical trial results whether
during prebirth, at birth or in childhood for vaccination and minor illness, as an adult
for fertility, sports injuries, minor and major non-life-threatening or life-threatening
illnesses, and in old age for care related to our mental or physical needs.
Lobo, Bostock, Neal, et al. (2002) describe a randomised trial in which 20 patients
with colonic cancer either received postoperative intravenous fluids in accordance
with current hospital standard practice (S) or according to a restricted intake reg-
imen (R). A primary endpoint measure in each patient was the solid-phase gastric
1.2 SOME COMPLETED TRIALS 5
emptying time on the fourth postoperative day. The observed difference between
the median emptying times was shorter with R by 56 minutes with 95% confidence
interval (CI) from 12 to 132 minutes. The trial also included preoperative and
postoperative (days 0, 1, 3 and 5) measures of the concentrations of serum
albumin, haemoglobin and blood urea in a repeated measures design.
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This can also be referred to as the Wilcoxon rank-sum test.
Levie, Gjorup, Skinhøj and Stoffel (2002) compared a 2-dose regimen of recom-
binant hepatitis B vaccine including the immune stimulant AS04 with the standard
3-dose regimen of HbsAg in healthy adults. The rationale behind testing a 2-dose
regimen was that fewer injections would improve compliance.
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patients with type 2 diabetes, three treatments: multiple daily insulin injections
(MDI), continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) and oral hypoglycaemic
agent (OHA).
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