The distillation method: A novel approach for analyzing randomized trials when exposure to the intervention is diluted.
John L AdamsAnna C DavisEric C SchneiderMichaela M HullElizabeth A McGlynnPublished in: Health services research (2022)
By offering an internally valid analytic framework, the Distillation Method can increase the power to detect effects by redefining the estimand to subpopulations with higher enrollment probabilities and stronger average treatment effects while maintaining the original randomization.