Table 2 Timing of functional and clinical evaluations and endoscopic procedures
From: Nerve ablation after bronchial thermoplasty and sustained improvement in severe asthma
enrolment | BT 1° Baseline | BT 2° 1 month after T0 | BT3° 2 months after T0 | Follow-up 3 months after T2 | Follow-up 12 months after T2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T0 | T1 | T2 | T3 | T12 | ||
Consent | X | |||||
Spirometry | X | X | X | |||
ACQ | X | X | X | |||
AQLQ | X | X | X | |||
Drug Treatment | X | X | X | X | ||
Safety | X | X | X | X | X | |
Exacerbations | X | X | ||||
Hospitalizations | X | X | ||||
BT | Treatment of right lower lobe | Treatment of left lower lobe | Treatment of right upper lobe Treatment of left upper lobe | |||
Biopsies | Biopsy of left lower lobe | Biopsy of right lower lobe | Biopsy of right lower lobe | Biopsy of right lower lobe |