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Table 1 Additional file World Health Organisation trial registration data set for S.M.A.R.T.

From: The Sternal Management Accelerated Recovery Trial (S.M.A.R.T) – standard restrictive versus an intervention of modified sternal precautions following cardiac surgery via median sternotomy: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Data category

Information

Primary registry and trial identifying number

Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry number: ACTRN12615000968572

Date of registration in primary registry

16 September 2015

Secondary identifying numbers

N/A

Trial protocol version

This is the version 3 of the protocol and was enacted November 2015

Source(s) of monetary or material support

Nil

Primary sponsor

Nil

Secondary sponsor

Nil

Contact for public queries

Professor Alistair Royse

Contact for scientific queries

Dr Catherine Granger

Public title

Sternal Management Accelerated Recovery Trial (S.M.A.R.T.): The efficacy of modified sternal precautions on improving physical function in patients following cardiac surgery via a midline sternal incision.

Scientific title

A randomised controlled trial of the efficacy of modified sternal precautions versus standard care on improving physical function following cardiac surgery via a median sternotomy

Countries of recruitment

Australia

Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied

Cardiac surgery via a median sternotomy

Intervention(s)

Active comparator:

Placebo comparator:

Key inclusion and exclusion criteria

Ages eligible for study: ≥18 years

Sexes eligible for study: both

Accepts health volunteers: No

Inclusion criteria: all adults underwent elective cardia surgery involving a median sternotomy

Exclusion criteria:

1. Unable to understand verbal instructions in

English.

2. Residing outside Melbourne metropolitan area (i.e., 52-km radius).

Study type

Type: Investigator initiated, interventional, non-pharmacological, pragmatic, study

Allocation: concealed randomisation

Intervention model: parallel assignment

Masking: patient and assessor blinded

Primary purpose: prevention

Date of first enrolment

16 September 2015

Target sample size

72

Recruitment status

Completed recruitment on 16 November 2016

Primary outcome(s)

Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)

Key secondary outcomes

2. Patient-identified cardiac pain using numeric and visual prompts, Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire 2 (SF-MPQ-2), Functional Difficulties Questionnaire (FDQ), grip strength, Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia shortened version (TSK-11), Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36v2), Global Rating of Change Scales

  1. S.M.A.R.T. Sternal Management Accelerated Recovery Trial