Systematic review finds major deficiencies in sample size methodology and reporting for stepped-wedge cluster randomised trials

Sample size calculations for stepped wedge and cluster randomised trials: a unified approach

(2016) Karla Hemming et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Reporting and methodological quality of sample size calculations in cluster randomized trials could be improved: a review

(2015) Clare Rutterford et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Stepped wedge randomised controlled trials: systematic review of studies published between 2010 and 2014

(2015) Emma Beard et al.   Trials

The stepped wedge cluster randomised trial: rationale, design, analysis, and reporting

(2015) K. Hemming et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

The stepped wedge cluster randomised trial: rationale, design, analysis, and reporting

(2015) K. Hemming et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trials: a generic framework including parallel and multiple-level designs

(2014) Karla Hemming et al.   STATISTICS IN MEDICINE

CONSORT 2010 Statement: Updated Guidelines for Reporting Parallel Group Randomized Trials

(2013) Kenneth F. Schulz   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

The efficiency of stepped wedge vs. cluster randomized trials: Stepped wedge studies do not always require a smaller sample size

(2013) Karla Hemming et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Stepped wedge designs could reduce the required sample size in cluster randomized trials

(2013) Willem Woertman et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Sample size determinations in original research protocols for randomised clinical trials submitted to UK research ethics committees: review

(2013) T. Clark et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Efficiency loss because of varying cluster size in cluster randomized trials is smaller than literature suggests

(2012) Gerard J.P. van Breukelen et al.   STATISTICS IN MEDICINE

Effect of editors' implementation of CONSORT guidelines on the reporting of abstracts in high impact medical journals: interrupted time series analysis

(2012) S. Hopewell et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Consort 2010 statement: extension to cluster randomised trials

(2012) M. K. Campbell et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Sample size calculations for cluster randomised controlled trials with a fixed number of clusters

(2011) Karla Hemming et al.   BMC Medical Research Methodology

Systematic review of stepped wedge cluster randomized trials shows that design is particularly used to evaluate interventions during routine implementation

(2011) Noreen D. Mdege et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY