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. 2016 Apr 2;4:12. doi: 10.1186/s40349-016-0055-x

Table 1.

Study investigations, treatments and follow-up summarize the full schedule of patient visits, treatment, imaging and assessments of adverse events

Recruitment/baseline investigation MR-guided HIFU treatment Post-HIFU
day 1
Post-HIFU
day 7
Post-HIFU
day 14
Palliative XRT/chemo Post-HIFU
day 30
Post-HIFU
day 90
Physical examination soc
Blood work soc
MRI soc
Toxicity/SAE soc
Pain and analgesic form soc

Toxicity and SAE consists of anticipated adverse events screening, NCI CTCAE v4.03 toxicity score and SAE evaluating form when adverse events meet SAE criteria. Pain and analgesic: assessment consists of a visual analogue scale (VAS) and HIFU-related pain and analgesic form

soc standard of care, visits and assessments will follow regular institutional practice. XRT radiotherapy treatment, SAE serious adverse experience