Funding for this research was provided by:
BIH Charité Junior Clinician Scientist Program funded by the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH).
Erhard Höpfner Foundation.
Article History
Received: 13 August 2025
Revised: 6 February 2026
Accepted: 6 March 2026
First Online: 20 March 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The ethics committee of Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin (EA 4/105/22) approved the study and it was registered at (NCT06973941). All participants provided informed written consent.