Kubo, Yusuke https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0271-7324
Iwamoto, Taku https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6267-2801
Tobe, Seiichi
Tateyama-Makino, Riho
Tsutsumi, Kota https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1371-2915
Tsukinoki, Keiichi
Kurita, Kei
Article History
Received: 20 March 2025
Revised: 20 June 2025
Accepted: 23 June 2025
First Online: 19 July 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. This study was registered with the University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR: UMIN000054504), adhering to the standards of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of Lion Corporation (Tokyo, Japan; Approval Number: 374; Approval Date: 7 February 2023). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their inclusion in the study.