ACT-CTU Clinical Trial Rounds - Dr. Lawrence Mbuagbaw - May 23, 2024

Title: Pilot and Feasibility Trials
Speaker: “Dr Lawrence Mbuagbaw is an associate professor at McMaster University where he teaches courses in biostatistics and randomized trials. He is also an associate professor extraordinary of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Stellenbosch University; and research methods scientist in the Research Institute of St Joseph’s Health Care Hamilton (SJHH) where he provides methodological and statistical support for other researchers as the Director of the Biostatistics Unit. This includes research questions formulation, study design, data analysis and reporting. He is the principal investigator of numerous research projects covering a wide variety of research designs including evidence syntheses, randomized trials, mixed-methods studies, and qualitative studies. He has authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications and is a Senior Editor for the Journal “Pilot and Feasibility Studies”.”
Links to publications mentioned in the presentation:
Mbuagbaw, L., Chen, L.H., Aluko, E. et al. Empirical progression criteria thresholds for feasibility outcomes in HIV clinical trials: a methodological study. Pilot Feasibility Stud 9, 96 (2023). doi.org/10.118...
Young, H. M. L., Goodliffe, S., Madhani, M., Phelps, K., Regen, E., Locke, A., Burton, J. O., Singh, S. J., Smith, A. C., & Conroy, S. (2019). Co-producing Progression Criteria for Feasibility Studies: A Partnership between Patient Contributors, Clinicians and Researchers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(19), 3756. doi.org/10.339...