Tolba, Mohamed Ahmed https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5636-8221
Abaalkhayl, Mohammed https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4954-0804
Alkhuraif, Rahaf Abdurhman https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4571-2060
Alobaid, Afnan Fahad https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7780-7840
Aldubayan, Rawan Suliman https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3635-2014
Alotaibi, Narjes S. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0574-4239
Article History
Received: 17 September 2025
Accepted: 11 February 2026
First Online: 12 March 2026
Declarations
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: Prior to subject enrollment, the protocol was reviewed and approved by the Regional Research Ethics Committee, registered at the National Committee of BIO&MED. Ethics (NCBE) NO. H-04-Q-001, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ministry of health, Al-Qassim Region, and was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06654687; principal investigator: Mohamed A. Tolba; date of registration: (October 22, 2024).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.