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Scaling up community-based non-communicable disease research into practice in Pokhara Metropolitan City of Nepal (SCALE-NCD) trial: study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-026-09842-w

Published Online: 2026-07-03

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Authors

Inagaki, Yoko

Koirala, Sweta

Khan, Maryam Hameed

Ghimire, Kamal

Soti, Pabitra Babu

Bhattarai, Niraj

Bhandari, Pratibha

Pathiravasan, Chathurangi H.

Bhandari, Buna

Thapa, Rajshree

Khadka, Khim Bahadur

Yao, Zhengbang

Shrestha, Archana

Garcia-Larsen, Vanessa

Finkelstein, Eric A.

Moore, Justin B.

Closser, Svea

Appel, Lawrence J.

Kallestrup, Per

Neupane, Dinesh
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Article History

Received: 9 December 2025

Accepted: 5 June 2026

First Online: 3 July 2026

Declarations

Ethics approval and consent to participate {24}: This study is approved by the IRB in JHSPH (No. IRB00030203) and Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) (No. 517–2024). Written informed consent to participate will be obtained from all participants.

Consent for publication {32}: Model consent forms will be shared upon reasonable request to the PI.

Competing interests {30}: The authors declare no competing interests.

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