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. 2016 Nov 24;151(5):971–981. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.10.061

Table 2.

AETHER Schedule of Assessments

Visit Screening ± 28 d Baseline 2-4 wk Day 1 Week 1 Day 2 Week 1 (Day 7) Week 2 (Day 14) Month 1 (Week 4) Month 3 Week 12 (±3-5 d) Month 6 Week 24 (±3-5 d) Month 9 Week 36 (±3-5 d) Month 12 Week 48 (±3-5 d) Month 15 Week 60 (±3-5 d)
Informed consent x
Full medical history x
Physical examination x x x x x x x x x x x x
Chem7, LFTs, PT/INR x x x x x x x
Urinalysis, CBC, and metabolic profile x x x x x x x x
Spirometry x x x x x x
Dlco x x x x x x
Echocardiogram x x
ECG x x x x x x x x x x x x
Treatment x
Review adverse events x x x x x x x x x
HRCT x x x
6-MWT x x x x x x
Lung volumes x x x x x x
QOL questionnaires x x x x x x x

CBC = complete blood count; Chem7 = sodium, potassium, chloride, uric acid, glucose, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine; Dlco = diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide; HRCT = high-resolution CT; LFTs = liver function tests (alanine transaminase, alkaline phosphatase, aspartate transaminase, bilirubin, albumin, total protein, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase); PT/INR = prothrombin time (PT) along with its derived measures of prothrombin ratio and international normalized ratio (INR); QOL = quality of life. See Table 1 legend for expansion of other abbreviations.