Conte, Luana https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8741-3478
Amodeo, Ilaria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2650-0084
De Nunzio, Giorgio https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1998-0286
Raffaeli, Genny https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9175-9394
Borzani, Irene https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0386-4712
Persico, Nicola https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9028-9597
Griggio, Alice https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2947-4627
Como, Giuseppe https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2120-0427
Colnaghi, Mariarosa
Fumagalli, Monica https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0186-0710
Cascio, Donato https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6522-1259
Cavallaro, Giacomo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4921-1437
Funding for this research was provided by:
This study was (partially) funded by the Italian Ministry of Health - Current Research IRCCS.
Università del Salento
Article History
Received: 25 December 2024
Revised: 23 February 2025
Accepted: 2 March 2025
First Online: 11 March 2025
Declarations
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: The present study was conducted using the principles of good clinical practice and the Helsinki Declaration. It was approved by the local ethics committee (Milan Area 2, Italy) with approval number 800_2020bis and subsequent amendment 287_2021. However, due to the study’s retrospective nature, the Ethics Committee waived informed consent. The study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov with the identifier NCT04609163.
: The authors declare no competing interests.