Foti, Roberta https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3074-4508
De Lucia, Francesco https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2234-511X
Amato, Giorgio https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0349-7425
Visalli, Elisa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8213-5528
Dal Bosco, Ylenia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7233-6369
Aiello, Fabio https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5494-5179
Paolì, Maria Gabriella https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0613-0087
Privitera, Giambattista https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3272-4840
Montana, Angelo https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6010-927X
Foti, Rosario https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7301-8362
Funding for this research was provided by:
Novartis Farma Italy
Article History
Accepted: 10 August 2025
First Online: 13 October 2025
Declarations
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: Roberta Foti, Francesco De Lucia, Giorgio Amato, Elisa Visalli, Ylenia Dal Bosco, Fabio Aiello, Maria Gabriella Paolì, Giambattista Privitera, Angelo Montana declare no conflicts of interest. Rosario Foti received financial support from Abbvie, Alfa-Wasserman, Amgen, Bms, Celgene, Galapagos, Italfarmaco, Janssen, Msd, Eli-Lilly, Novartis, Pfizer, Ucb and Roche.
: Study design: Roberta Foti, Rosario Foti, Francesco De Lucia; data collection and interpretation: all authors; manuscript writing: Roberta Foti, Francesco De Lucia, Rosario Foti; manuscript editing: all authors; approval to submit: all authors. All authors read and approved the final version.
: Not applicable.
: Not applicable.
: Editorial assistance was supported by Novartis Farma Italy.
: The data presented in this study are available upon reasonable request from the corresponding author.
: All patients provided signed informed consent to participate in this study.
: Ethics approval was obtained by the ethics committee of AOU Policlinico CT (approval no. 16019). All procedures performed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments.