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Table 2 Summary of the research outline

From: Comparison of whole brain radiation therapy for synchronous brain metastases with irradiation protecting the hippocampus versus whole brain radiotherapy for sequential brain metastases to boost irradiation in the treatment of brain metastases from SCLC: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

 

Study period

Run-in

Treatment

Follow-up

Time point

-2W

0W

1W

2W

3W

4W

104W

Visit

Visit1

Visit2

Visit3

Visit4

Visit5

Visit6

Visit7

Enrollment

 Eligibility screen

√

√

     

 Informed consent

√

      

 Demographics

√

      

 Randomization

 

√

     

Intervention

 Experimental group

       

 Control group

       

Assessments

 iPFS

     

√

√

 Neurological function

 

√

√

√

√

√

√

 QoL

 

√

√

√

√

√

√

 OS

     

√

√

  1. W week or weeks, iPFS intracranial progression-free survival, QoL quality of life, OS overall survival