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Table 2 Flow diagram according to SPIRIT recommendations (Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials)

From: Cerebral Palsy – Early Diagnosis and Intervention Trial: protocol for the prospective multicentre CP-EDIT study with focus on diagnosis, prognostic factors, and intervention

Variable / characteristic

Screening

Enrolment visit

Allocation to cohort III and randomi-zation to GO-PLAY

6 months CA

12 months CA

18 months CA

24 months CA

Additional visit if

GO-PLAY

t = 0

Additional visit if

GO-PLAY

t = 6

Infant characteristic

 Eligibility screening

x

        

 Allocation and randomization

  

x

      

 Length, weight, head circumference

 

x

 

x

x

x

x

x

x

 Gestational age

 

x

       

 Apgar score

 

x

       

 Birth measurements

 

x

       

CP risk factors

 Familial disposition CP

 

x

       

 Imaging with CT / MRIa

 

x

       

 Co-morbidities

 

x

 

x

x

x

x

x

x

 Medication

 

x

 

x

x

x

x

x

x

 Genomic testing

 

x

       

Outcome measures

 HINE [8]

 

x

  

x

x

x

x

x

 GMA (if below 5 months) at age 12–15 and 16 weeks [7]

 

x

       

 PDMS-2 [25]

    

x

x

x

x

x

 AIMS [26]

 

x

 

x

x

  

x

x

 HAI (if below 12 months) [9]b

 

x

 

x

x

  

x

x

 GMFM-66 [27]

      

x

x

x

 BSID-IV-cog [28]

    

x

x

x

  

 COPM by interview in intervention group [29]

       

x

x

 PSS questionnaire [30]

 

x

  

x

 

x

x

x

 DASS-21 questionnaire [31]

 

x

  

x

 

x

x

x

 MPOC-SP&20 questionnaire [27]c

      

x

 

x

 ASQ questionnaire [32]

      

x

  

 Clinical assessment of CP diagnosis

 

x

 

x

x

x

x

  

 GMFCS if CP

   

x

x

x

x

  

 Mini-MACS if CP

      

x

  

Intervention

 GO-PLAY intervention

       

x

x

  1. Abbreviations: AIMS Alberta infant motor scale, ASQ ages and stages, BSID-IV, cog Bayley scale of infant and toddler development III, cognitive part, CA corrected age, CP cerebral palsy, COPM Canadian occupational performance measure, by interview, GO-PLAY Goal Oriented ParentaL supported home ActivitY program, GMA general movements assessment, DASS-21 depression, anxiety, and stress scale-21, GMFCS gross motor function classification system, GMFM-66 gross motor function measure, GMFCS gross motor function classification system, HAI hand assessment for infants, HINE Hammersmith infant neurological examination, MACS manual ability classification system, MPOC-SP&20 measures of processes of care – service providers, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, PDMS-2 Peabody developmental motor scale, PSS parental stress scale, t time point
  2. Optional repeat MRI at 12 and 24 months. bAt enrolment screening-HAI will be used. At subsequent visits the full HAI assessment will be used. c If included in the GO-PLAY study