Data collection for trial participants who agree to randomisation to VATS lobectomy or open lobectomy
| Pre-randomisation | Post-randomisation | |||||||||
| Baseline | Day of surgery | Postop | 2 days postop | Discharge | 2 weeks* | 5 weeks* | 3 months* | 6 months* | 1 year* | |
| Eligibility | X | |||||||||
| Imaging review (CT/Positron Emmission Tomography (PET)--CT†) | X | |||||||||
| Participant characteristics | X | |||||||||
| Audio recorded consultation | X | |||||||||
| Lobectomy via VATS lobectomy or open lobectomy | X | |||||||||
| Intraoperative details | X | |||||||||
| Histopathology staging | X | |||||||||
| Tumour sample for research | X | |||||||||
| Patient questionnaires | ||||||||||
| QLQ-C30 | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| QLQ-LC13 | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| EQ5D | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Bang Blinding Index | X | X | ||||||||
| Pain score | X | X | X | |||||||
| Adverse events | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Resource use | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| CT scan of chest and abdomen | X | |||||||||
*Follow-up time-points will be calculated from the date of randomisation.
†Review of images available from staging scans performed in accordance with standard practice at participating centres.
QLQ, Quality of Life Questionnaire; VATS, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.