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One of the key things to address when undertaking a feasibility study ahead of a trial is the acceptability of different aspects of the proposed trial (intervention, trial processes, proposed outcomes etc) to all relevant parties 1/7
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So, as you have these (sometimes awkward) conversations about sample size, please do ensure that the clinical meaningfulness of the trial doesn’t get lost in the sample size samba beat!! 8/8

Whilst, of course, the trial has to be able to recruit the target number of patients, a trial must fundamentally be designed to deliver a clinically meaningful answer 4/8

We often hear of trials that show apparently clinically meaningful differences but did not detect these statistically. This is often because their sample size calculations were unrealistic - effect sizes set too large in an attempt to minimise the sample size 6/8

The term comes from the excellent Schulz & Grimes paper in the Lancet a number of years ago 3/8
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