Payne Riches, Sarah https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8804-9500
Piernas, Carmen
Aveyard, Paul
Sheppard, James P.
Rayner, Mike
Jebb, Susan A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
British Heart Foundation (006/PSS/CORE/2016/OXFORD, FS/16/34/3221, FS/16/34/3221)
Wellcome Trust (211182/Z/18/Z)
National Institute for Health Research (NF-SI-0617-10060, NF-SI-0617-10064)
NIHR CLAHRC Thames Valley (IS CLA 01131006)
Biomedical Research Centre Oxford (IS BRC 121520008)
Biomedical Research Centre Oxford (IS BRC 121520008)
Article History
Received: 7 May 2019
Accepted: 30 August 2019
First Online: 11 October 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was reviewed and approved on the 17 March 2017 (reference number 17/SC/0098) by the South Central - Hampshire B Research Ethics Committee (REC) and the Health Research Authority (HRA). Appropriate REC and HRA approval will be sought for any protocol amendments; approved amended versions of the protocol and study documents will be communicated to live recruitment sites via the study site file. One amendment has been approved since recruitment began. This amendment, approved on 4 January 2019, included the addition of two participant letter templates not included in the initial application; and minor revision to the participant information sheet and a participant-facing letter template to clarify inclusion criteria and procedures. Informed consent will be obtained from all study participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.