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Table 1 Primary and secondary outcomes, measures and timepoints

From: Protocols of a diagnostic study and a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial comparing televisits vs standard in-person outpatient visits for narcolepsy diagnosis and care: TElemedicine for NARcolepsy (TENAR)

Outcomes

Measures

Timepoints (months)

Primary

 EDS

ESS (adults) [28]

ESS-CHAD [32] (adolescents)

0, 3, 6, 9, 12 incident patients

0, 6, 12 prevalent patients

Secondary

 Other symptoms

Cataplexy diary, NSS [33], BDI [34], STAI [35] (adults)

CDI2 [36], MASC [37] (adolescents)

Global Impression Scale [38] (physicians)

0, 3, 6, 9, 12 incident patients

0, 6, 12 prevalent patients

 Compliance to treatment

Clinical consultation

0, 3, 6, 9, 12 incident patients

0, 6, 12 prevalent patients

 Weight

Standard weight scale provided to each patient

0, 3, 6, 9, 12 incident patients

0, 6, 12 prevalent patients

 Lipidic/glycaemic control*

Laboratory tests

0, 12

 Caloric intake

Food diary

0, 12 [0, 3, 6, 9, 12 patients with metabolic problems]

 Physical activity

Short-IPAQ [29]

0, 12 [0, 3, 6, 9, 12 patients with metabolic problems]

 Satisfaction index

CoTenar (patients and caregiver)**

6, 12

 Quality of life

SF-36 (adults) [39]

PedsQL [40] (adolescents)

0, 6, 12

 Number (%) of full dropouts

 

At the time of censorship

 Number (%) of partial dropouts (patients changing procedure)

 

At the time of arm change

 Adverse drug reactions

Clinical consultation

0, 3, 6, 9, 12 incident patients

0, 6, 12 prevalent patients

 Costs and accidents

Interview (patients and caregivers)

0, 6, 12

 Other feasibility indexes

Failure system report (physicians and patients)

After each TV

  1. *Glucose, insulin, HbA1c, triglycerides, total, LDL and HDL cholesterol, TSH, glycaemia, insulin, glycated haemoglobin, HDL, triglycerides, total, LDL, uricemia, TSH, FT4, FT3, complete blood count, AST, ALT, gamma-GT, alkaline phosphatase, creatinine. ** Adapted from CoSM-S [41]