Kitahiro, Yumi
Kakei, Yasumasa
Ioroi, Takeshi
Yatagai, Nanae
Kashin, Masahiko
Kobayashi, Masaki
Morioka, Asami
Yamamoto, Kazuhiro
Hasegawa, Takumi
Akashi, Masaya
Yano, Ikuko
Article History
Received: 8 October 2025
Accepted: 25 December 2025
First Online: 8 January 2026
Declarations
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: The study complied with the Declaration of Helsinki and the Japanese Clinical Trials Act. The Kobe University Clinical Research Ethics Committee reviewed and approved the protocol (C210022 and C210023), and the clinical trial identifiers are jRCTs051220009 and jRCTs051220010. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients before any study procedures were conducted.
: Consent for the publication was obtained from the patients.
: The authors declare no competing interests.