Caponnetto, Pasquale
Spicuzza, Lucia
Caratozzolo, Domenico
Belsey, Jonathan
Campagna, Davide
Nadir, Meera
John, Isaac
Anastasi, Erika
Geraci, Giulio
Pluym, Nikola
Scherer, Max
Polosa, Riccardo
Article History
Received: 23 February 2026
Accepted: 14 July 2026
First Online: 24 July 2026
Declarations
Human ethics and consent to participate declarations: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was granted by the Health Research Authority (HRA) and Health and Care Research Wales (HCRW), the designated Institutional Review Board (IRB/Ethics Committee) for this research (IRAS project ID: 322282; approval date: 14 March 2023). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to enrolment.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.