Table 1.

Timing of treatment assessments and data collection

	Study period
	Enrolment	Baseline	Treatment phase		Follow-up phase
Timepoint	− 1 week	0 week	4 weeks	8 weeks	12 weeks	24 weeks
Enrolment
Eligibility screen	×
Informed consent	×
Medical history	×
Merger disease	×
Randomization		×
Interventions
Treatment group		×	×	×
Control group		×	×	×
Assessments
MMSE		×	×	×	×	×
MOCA		×	×	×	×	×
BI		×	×	×	×	×
Safety evaluation		×		×
Adverse events		×	×	×	×	×