Pasoto, Sandra Gofinet https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7343-6804
Villamarín, Lorena Elizabeth Betancourt https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8382-1119
de Vinci Kanda Kupa, Léonard https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8827-1360
Deveza, Giordano Bruno Henriques https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4277-3821
Ribeiro, Carolina Torres https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2039-1649
Emi Aikawa, Nádia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7585-4348
Leon, Elaine Pires https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9457-3317
de Oliveira Martins, Victor Adriano https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5926-3388
Silva, Clovis Artur https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9250-6508
Bonfa, Eloisa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0520-4681
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2015/03756-4, 2018/09937-9, 2019/17272-0, 2019/21173-7, 2020/09367-8, 2020/11677-5)
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (305242/2019-9, 304984/2020-5, 303116/2022-6)
Article History
Received: 5 December 2023
Accepted: 18 January 2024
First Online: 31 January 2024
Declarations
:
: The protocol was registered in <b><i>Clinicaltrials.gov</i></b><b> NCT04546542 (first submitted 2020-08-27)</b>.
: The institutional ethical board [Comissão de Ética para Análise de Projetos de Pesquisa (CAPPesq) do Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil] approved the study (39705014.6.0000.0068, report: 4.098.337). All patients signed the written informed consent form before study inclusion.
: All authors are responsible for the integrity and accuracy of all aspects of the work.
: All authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.