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. 2021 Oct 26;21:1147. doi: 10.1186/s12885-021-08864-8

Table 3.

Overview of study assessments of the VIVROVAIRE TR Study

Study Period
Enrollment Step 1 Step 2
Eligibility Screen
Informed Consent
Disease medical history
Chronic fatigue, quality of life and late effects of chemotherapy
✓ Fatigue (MFI-20a)
✓ Quality of life (FACT-Gb/FACT-Oc)
✓ Neurotoxicity (FACT/GOG-NTXd)
✓ Cognition (FACT-Coge)
✓ Day-to-day life (Living condition questionnaire)
✓ Anxiety /Depression (HADSf)
✓ Insomnia (ISIg)
✓ Physical activity (IPAQh)
✓ EQ-5Di (For patients only)
Specialized medical examination
Cardiovascular:
a) Cardio-vascular medical examination with non-invasive tests to explore heart disease (by a cardiologist)
 - Electrocardiogram
 - Echocardiography
 -Coronary endothelium-dependent vasoreactivity testing (optional exam)
b) Non-invasive vascular tests to explore atherosclerosis:
 - Systolic index of lower and upper limbs,
 -Ultrasound images to measure carotid intima media thickness
 - Capillaroscopy to assess Raynaud’s syndrome (optional exam)
c) Specific cardiac biological tests:
High-sensitive cardiac troponin, BNP, Von Willebrand factor (VWf), tissular Plasminogen Activator (t-PA).
Respiratory & Hearing:
 - Respiratory Function Tests (RFT)
 - Audiogram
Blood sampling: exploring metabolic and hormonal disorders
 - Hormonal assessment: sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), Luteinizing hormone (LH), Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), Estradiol, Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH).
 -Carbohydrate-lipid balance: fasting blood glucose and insulin, lipid fractions, triglycerides;
 - Osteocalcin blood Tests: calcium, phosphorus, vitamin D
 - Renal assessment: ionograms, creatinine level
 -Hepatic assessment: transaminases (TGO, TGP), Aspartate Aminotransferase (ASAT), Alanine Aminotransferase (ALAT), Alkaline Phosphatase (PAL), Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH
 - C-Reactive Protein Test ultrasensitive

aMFI Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory;bFACT-G General Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy; cFACT-O Functional Assessment of Chronic Therapy- Ovarian subscale,dFACT/GOG-Ntx Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy/ Gynecologic Oncology Group–Neurotoxicity subscale; eFACT-Cog Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Cognitive;fHADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale,gISI Insomnia Severity Index,hIPAQ International Physical Activity Questionnaire; iEQ-5D Euroqol questionnaire