Carr, Prudence
Keighley, Tim
Petocz, Peter
Blumfield, Michelle
Rich, Graeme G.
Cohen, Felicity
Soni, Asha
Maimone, Isabella R.
Fayet-Moore, Flavia
Isenring, Elizabeth
Marshall, Skye
Article History
Received: 3 June 2021
Accepted: 19 January 2022
First Online: 5 February 2022
Declarations
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: The study received ethical approval from the Bond University Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) (Reference: SM02936). All participants were recruited by written informed consent and all methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: GR (ESG proceduralist) was an ad hoc consultant for Apollo Endosurgery and was financially compensated for training specialists to perform the endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty procedure. There was no financial compensation provided by Apollo Endosurgery for this trial. As such, there is no conflict of interest.FC was the CEO of the study site. FC received no salary or direct financial benefit for contributing to this study. FC was not involved with the implementation of the study beyond providing access for the researchers to the study site and medical records, did not have access to the dataset, and was not involved in the data analysis.All other authors declare no potential or existing conflict of interest.