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A randomized placebo-controlled trial of vitamin D supplementation for reduction of mortality and cancer: statistical analysis plan for the D-Health Trial
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Waterhouse, M and English, DR and Armstrong, BK and Baxter, C and Duarte Romero, B and Ebeling, PR and Hartel, G and Kimlin, MG and McLeod, DSA and O'Connell, RL and van der Pols, JC and Venn, AJ and Webb, PM and Whiteman, DC and Neale, RE, A randomized placebo-controlled trial of vitamin D supplementation for reduction of mortality and cancer: statistical analysis plan for the D-Health Trial, Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 14 Article 100333. ISSN 2451-8654 (2019) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1016/j.conctc.2019.100333
Abstract
Methods/Design: The D-Health Trial is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Between February 2014 and May 2015, 21,315 people were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive monthly doses of either 60,000 IU of cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) or placebo for five years. The primary outcome is all-cause mortality and the secondary outcomes are total cancer incidence and colorectal cancer incidence. These will be ascertained via linkage to death and cancer registries. The primary analysis for each outcome will follow an intention-to-treat approach; we will use flexible parametric survival models to investigate the association between supplementation and time to an event. We describe in detail sophisticated secondary analyses that consider non-compliance and contamination due to off-study supplementation.
Conclusions Publication of this statistical analysis plan in advance of the intervention's completion, and adherence to it, will avoid data-driven analyses of the primary and secondary outcomes and ensure robust reporting of outcomes.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | cancer, mortality, randomized controlled trial, statistical analysis plan, vitamin D |
Research Division: | Health Sciences |
Research Group: | Public health |
Research Field: | Preventative health care |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Venn, AJ (Professor Alison Venn) |
ID Code: | 132291 |
Year Published: | 2019 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 10 |
Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
Deposited On: | 2019-05-02 |
Last Modified: | 2020-03-11 |
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