Chandra Shekhar, Harshith
Joshua, Lincy
Thomas, Jestin V.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Research Charities Ireland
Article History
Received: 23 August 2023
Accepted: 3 October 2023
First Online: 30 October 2023
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: A written approval was obtained from BGS Global Institute of Medical Sciences Institutional Ethics Committee, Bengaluru, India, before commence of the study. The study was registered with the Clinical Trials Registry of India (CTRI/2022/05/042818). The study was conducted as per the regulatory requirements of the Indian Council of Medical Research, ethical guidelines, International Council for Harmonization Guidance on Good Clinical Practice (E6R2) and the Declaration of Helsinki. A voluntary informed consent was obtained, in written, from every participant before enrolling in the study.