Datta, Anubhav https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5234-2315
Spiller, William
Mistry, Hitesh
Julyan, Peter
O’Connor, James PB
Salem, Ahmed
Faivre-Finn, Corinne
Manoharan, Prakash https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5155-2310
Funding for this research was provided by:
Cancer Research UK (Cancer Research UK)
Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute (Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute)
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer)
Article History
Received: 30 October 2025
Accepted: 3 February 2026
First Online: 9 March 2026
Declarations
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: The CONVERT trial is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (identifier: NCT00433563). All participants provided written informed consent, and the study adhered to the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and Good Clinical Practice guidelines. Ethical approval for the trial was granted by the National Research Ethics Service Committee Northwest–Greater Manchester Central in the United Kingdom on December 21, 2007 (REC reference 07/H1008/229). The study protocol received approval from the institutional review board or research ethics committee at each participating country and study site.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: None.