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Table 2 Summary of pre-, during and post evaluations during the study

From: Predicting treatment Response based on Dual assessment of magnetic resonance Imaging kinetics and Circulating Tumor cells in patients with Head and Neck cancer (PREDICT-HN): matching ‘liquid biopsy’ and quantitative tumor modeling

 

Baseline

Weekly treatment visits

Follow Up (2–3 months)

Physical examination with or without nasoendoscopy

X

X

X

Weight and BMI

X

X

X

Complete blood count with differential

 - Hemoglobin

   

 - Neutrophil count

   

 - Platelet count

   

 - Monocyte count

X

X

X

Basic Metabolic Panel

 - Electrolytes

   

 - Liver function tests

   

 - Albumin

   

 - ESR

   

 - CRP

X

X

X

Blood biomarker collection:

 - 10 ml CellSave tube

   

 - 2 × 10 ml EDTA tubes

X

X

X

Pregnancy test (female of childbearing age)

X

  

Contrast CT head and neck

X

 

X

18F-FDG PET/CT (optional)

X

 

X

MRI of the head and neck

X

X

X