Papageorgiou, Vasiliki
Lampe, Fiona C.
Sewell, Janey
Smith, Colette J.
Briggs, Andrew
Ottridge, Ryan
Apea, Vanessa
Brady, Michael
Lockyer, Suzanne
Asboe, David
Schembri, Gabriel
Nixon, Eileen
Hughes, Charlie
Ryan, Claire
Jenkins, Megan
Loi, Shrushma
Sparrowhawk, Alex
Woolley, Rebecca
Cheed, Versha
Ives, Natalie
Dhir, Serena
Jones, Simon
Sherr, Lorraine
Lipman, Marc
Phillips, Andrew N.
Harding, Richard
Burns, Fiona
May, Carl
Rodger, Alison J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8817-4651
Funding for this research was provided by:
Programme Grants for Applied Research (NIHR202038)
Article History
Received: 9 October 2024
Accepted: 27 May 2025
First Online: 2 September 2025
Declarations
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: The trial will be conducted in accordance with the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research and applicable UK Acts of Parliament and Statutory Instruments (and relevant subsequent amendments), and the principles of Good Clinical Practice as set out in the UK Statutory Instrument (2004/1031 and subsequent amendments).Ethical approval has been received from London – Fulham Research Ethics Committee (ref: 24/LO/0449). All participants will provide informed consent throughout the trial by completing an online form (e-consent) or by paper. The Principal Investigator at each trial site is required to obtain necessary local approvals before any participants are enrolled to SPHERE.
: Not applicable. The manuscript does not contain individual personal data from patients.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.