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Table 1 Timing of treatment visits and data collection

From: Effects of Chinese medicine on patients with acute exacerbations of COPD: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

 

Baseline

Treatment phase

Follow-up phase

Day 0

Day 4

Day 7

Day 10

Day 14

Day 28

Day 42

V1

V2

V3

V4

V5

V6

V7

Sign informed consent

×

      

Randomization

×

      

Medical history

×

      

Intervention

×

×

×

×

   

Primary outcome

       

CAT

×

   

×

×

×

Secondary outcomes

 Treatment failure

 

×

×

×

×

  

 Length of hospital stays

    

×

  

 Readmission due to AECOPD

     

×

×

 Intubation rate

 

×

×

×

×

×

×

 Mortality

 

×

×

×

×

×

×

 mMRC

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

 SF-36

×

   

×

×

×

 COPD-PRO

×

   

×

×

×