Quinlan, J. I. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1205-7069
Nicholson, T.
Bell, C.
Dhaliwal, A.
Williams, F. R.
Allen, S. L.
Choudhary, S.
Rowlands, A. V.
Elsharkawy, A. M.
Armstrong, M. J.
Greig, C. A.
Lord, J. M.
Jones, S. W.
Breen, L.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre (BRC-1215- 20009)
Article History
Received: 3 October 2025
Accepted: 24 October 2025
First Online: 14 November 2025
Declarations
:
: The study was approved by the Health Research Authority - West Midlands Solihull Research Ethics Service Committee Authority (REC reference: 18/WM/0167) and the study hasĀ been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. All patients provided written informed consent. (ClinicalTrials.govIdentifier: NCT04734496). Graphical abstract created in BioRender. Macleod, M. (2025) .
: The authors declare no competing interests.