Kalamar, Žiga
Landoni, Giovanni
Gorenjak, Mario
Cestar, Iva
Fluher, Jure
Horvat, Marko
Jerenec, Katja
Kit, Barbara
Marinšek, Martin
Puklavec, Nina
Svenšek, Franc
Radonić, Radovan
Šundalić, Sara
Brajković, Ana Vujaklija
Vujević, Andro
Erjavc, Nina
Petek, Davor
Košir, Alenka Strdin
Homšak, Evgenija
Knehtl, Maja Cvikl
Markota, Andrej
Funding for this research was provided by:
Univerzitetni Klinični Center Maribor (Grant No.: OZRD-IRP-2023/01)
Article History
Received: 21 June 2026
Accepted: 4 September 2026
First Online: 7 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Before the trial was initiated, this trial received ethical approval from ethics committees in both participating institutions (KME RS 0120–212/2023-2711-13 and KME Rebro 02/013 AG). Written informed consent was obtained from all patients or their surrogates.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: We declare the following disclosures: Author GL has received speaker fees from Medis, Paion and Viatris, and consultancy fees from Paion and Viatris. Author AM has received speaker fees from Medis. None of these were related to the present work.