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. 2023 Apr 7;12:e39740. doi: 10.2196/39740

Table 1.

SPIRIT (Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials) flow diagram for timeline of study visits for the Improving Cognitive Function Through High-Intensity Interval Training in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy trial.

Time pointa Week 0 Week 1-17 Week 9 Week 17 or 18b Week 17-34 Week 34c
Enrollment

Eligibility screen





Phone screen





Informed consent





Allocation





Exercise screening




Interventions

HIITd





Attention control


✓ (optional)
Assessments

Executive function and memory



MRIe



Blood biomarkers


Anthropometrics
✓ (no DEXAf)

Cardiorespiratory fitness


Muscle strength


Physical function


Psychosocial measures


Peripheral neuropathy


Lymphedema assessment


Shoulder function and range of motion


Dietary intake


ActiGraph


Activity logs



aWeek 0: enrollment and baseline assessment; week 1 to 17: intervention period; week 9: midpoint assessment; week 17 or 18: postintervention assessment; week 17 to 34: follow-up period; week 34: follow-up assessment.

bDepends on whether a participant has any exercise sessions to make up.

cOnly for the high-intensity interval training group and the attention control participants who choose to complete the high-intensity interval training program during the follow-up period.

dHIIT: high-intensity interval training.

eMRI: magnetic resonance imaging.

fDEXA: dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry.