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. 2022 Mar 28;23:236. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06149-4

Table 2.

Adapted SPIRIT (Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials) figure showing important events and their respective time points during the study period in the cohort study

Study period
Enrolment Observation
Visit/Phone Call Screening including V1a PC 1 PC2 PC3 V4 PC4
Time point (months) 0 0.5 4 8 12 13
ENROLMENT:
Informed consent x
Eligibility screen x
ASSESMENTS:
Demographics/subject characteristics x
Household/family characteristics x x
Medical and allergy history x x
Dietary history x
Physical Examination x x
SCORAD, EASI score x x
TEWL x x
SPT x x
Skin swab x x
Saliva sampling x x
Stool sampling x x
Dust sampling x x
Blood sampling x x
Quality of life questionnaires x x xb x
Questionnaire for GI complaints x x x x
Eating habits questionnaire x xb
Dietary compliance questionnaire x x x
Burden of dietary behavior questionnaire x xb
Oral food challenge x xc
Review of concomitant medication x x x x
Review of compliance and tolerance x x x x

Abbreviations: V Visit, PC Phone call, SCORAD Scoring atopic dermatitis, EASI Eczema area and severity index, TEWL Transepidermal water loss measurement, SPT Skin prick testing, GI Gastointestinal

a = Screening period including V1 can last up to 14 days. The first day of the oral food challenge is defined as the first day of the screening period

b = anytime between PC3 and V4

c = at V4 the OFC consist of one feeding of the cumulative dose only