A Framework for Parametric Time-Varying Treatment Effects in Multiple Intervention Stepped Wedge Design Clinical Trials in the Presence of Non-Uniform Cluster-Period Correlation Structures
非均匀簇期相关下多干预阶梯楔形试验的参数化时变效应框架
Stepped wedge design (SWD) trials typically assume that treatment effects are immediate following implementation, but this assumption is often unrealistic in pragmatic settings where effects evolve over exposure time. This impact is further complicated in multiple-intervention stepped wedge designs (M-SWDs), due to their complex crossover patterns. Existing work has addressed time-varying treatment effects for main effects at the analysis stage using nonparametric…