Table 1.

Schedule of study events

	Baseline/ enrolment	Surgery	Follow-up post injury or surgery
			14 days	3 weeks	4 weeks	6 weeks	8 weeks	12 weeks	24 weeks
Examination by an orthopaedic surgeon	●					●		●	●
Informed consent for research	●
Medical history	●
Medications	●		●	●	●	●
Screening pregnancy test	●
Surgery if necessary		●
Study drug administration			●	●	●
Serum lithium test				●
Renal blood test* (only if necessary)				●
X-rays (only until fracture has healed)					●	●	●	●	●
Surveys	●				●	●	●	●	●
Assessment of adverse events†			●	●	●	●
Study visit with research assistant				●	●		●

*Renal blood test only required if 3-week serum lithium blood test measures ≥1.1 mmol/L.

†Adverse events occurring after the first dose of lithium and until the 6 week visit will be collected, reported and followed through to resolution, or until the event is assessed as chronic or stable.