Abboud, Anita https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9356-9233
Chester, Lucy Ann https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7813-0281
Hébert, Francois-Olivier https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8111-0484
Jutras-Aswad, Didier https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8474-508X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Institut Universitaire sur les Dépendances
Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux
Article History
Received: 18 August 2025
Accepted: 31 October 2025
First Online: 9 January 2026
Change Date: 7 March 2026
Change Type: Update
Change Details: The original article has been updated: Acknowledgement has been updated to include" to Amina Sow and Isabelle Boisvert for the coordination of the study, Pamela Lachance-Touchette for scientific advisory and overall management of the project, and thanks to all the participants for their involvement in this research.
Declarations
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: The authors assert that all procedures contributing to this work comply with the ethical standards of the relevant national and institutional committees on human experimentation and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2013. All procedures involving human subjects were approved by Health Canada and the institutional research ethics board (approval number 22.049- (2023–10502)) prior to commencement. All participants provided written, informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: A.A., L.C., and F.O.H. report no conflict of interests. D.J.A. received investigational products from the study products’ provider for the present clinical trial.