Table 2

Patient timeline

	In hospital	Day 1 (day of leaving hospital)	Home period 1	Clinic visit 1	Home period 2	Clinic visit 2
Eligibility	x
Informed consent	x
Demographic data	x
Randomisation	x
First infusion device connected		x
Temperature sensor applied to patient's forearm		x
Home nursing staff visit patient			x	x	x
Patient completes logbook		x	x	x	x	x
Clinical progress assessment				x		x
Patient completes satisfaction survey				x		x
Patient crossover to other infusion device				x
Discharge from trial and patient handover						x