Kanatas, Anastasios http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2025-748X
Lowe, Derek
Rogers, Simon N. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5989-6142
Article History
Received: 17 March 2022
Accepted: 7 June 2022
First Online: 17 July 2022
Declarations
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: All three authors have published extensively on papers related to the PCI–HN.
: The study complied with all aspects of ethical standards of clinical research. Part of the data used in this work was collected for clinical audit purposes with audit approval given by Liverpool University Hospital Foundation NHS Trust (CAMS number 9939). Some data came from work completed as part of an MD degree with approval from the North West—Liverpool East Research Ethics Committee (11/H1002/7). Some data came from the PCI trial (Ethical approval from North West-Liverpool Central Research Ethics Committee REC reference: IRAS 16/NW/0465, Project ID: 189554. The PCI trial has approval from the Health Research Authority (HRA). The Research and Development Department at Aintree University Hospital NHS Trust (AUH) is coordinating the trial and AUH is the sponsor for the trial. Trial registration: 32,382. Clinical Trials Identifier, NCT03086629. The PCI trial was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) under its Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme (Grant Reference Number PB-PG-0215–36047).The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. In addition, part of this research (PCI trial) was supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) infrastructure at Leeds (DenTCRU).