Shimizu, Yuki
Takagi, Shinsuke https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0441-393X
Higuchi, Maki
Kuno, Mika
Watanabe, Otoya
Yamaguchi, Kyosuke
Kageyama, Kosei
Taya, Yuki
Kaji, Daisuke
Nishida, Aya
Yamamoto, Hisashi
Araoka, Hideki
Asano-Mori, Yuki
Yamamoto, Go
Wake, Atsushi
Taniguchi, Shuichi
Uchida, Naoyuki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research
Article History
Received: 15 November 2025
Revised: 24 March 2026
Accepted: 30 March 2026
First Online: 13 April 2026
Declarations
:
: S. Takagi and N. Uchida report receiving honoraria from Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd.
: The Institutional Review Board of Toranomon Hospital approved this study (approval number 1183).
: An opt-out consent approach was permitted for this study in accordance with ethical guidelines for observational studies using existing data, and patients who declined registration were excluded. This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.