Lightfoot, Courtney J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5855-4159
Wilkinson, Thomas J.
Graham-Brown, Matthew P. M.
Smith, Alice C.
Funding for this research was provided by:
NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre
Stoneygate Trust
Article History
Received: 10 February 2025
Accepted: 11 June 2025
First Online: 12 July 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: This study was fully approved by the East Midlands Leicester Central Research Ethics Committee (reference: 18/EM/0017). All participants provided written informed consent. All participants were given the opportunity to ask questions throughout the consent process. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The trial is sponsored by the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (reference: EDGE ID 106963). The study was prospectively registered as ISRCTN84422148 on 07/06/2018.
: Not applicable.