Kataoka, Hiroshi
Hayashi, Terumasa
Nangaku, Masaomi
Narita, Ichiei
Kagimura, Tatsuo
Nitta, Kosaku
Hoshino, Junichi
Article History
Received: 13 January 2025
Accepted: 4 June 2025
First Online: 2 July 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Conducted within Japan’s healthcare framework, the BRIGHTEN study adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki and Japan’s Ethical Guidelines on Clinical Studies. Participants provided written informed consent, and the protocol was approved by the review boards of Nagoya University (approval number: 2014-0027) and its related facilities (Niigata University, 2023–0014; Tokyo Women’s Medical University, C23-043).