Komatsu, Norio https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1880-9126
Ito, Kyoko https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3258-4429
Arita, Kojo https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5020-8944
Mitobe, Yuko https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8897-8561
Mitsui, Hironori
Article History
Received: 12 August 2025
Revised: 6 November 2025
Accepted: 6 November 2025
First Online: 14 November 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted using funding from JT and Torii. Norio Komatsu received consulting fees from JT and Torii. Kyoko Ito and Yuko Mitobe are employees of Torii, and Kojo Arita and Hironori Mitsui are employees of JT.
: This study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and ethical guidelines. The study protocol was approved by the institutional review boards.