Araujo, Carina de http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5841-0465
Fitz, Raquel Crespo
Nogara, Daniela Albugeri
Schestatsky, Pedro
Gerchman, Fernando
Funding for this research was provided by:
Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa (150119, 160417)
Article History
Received: 21 February 2018
Accepted: 29 June 2018
First Online: 16 July 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The protocol was approved by the internal review board of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, and conforms to the principles of the Helsinki declaration. All participants provided written informed consent, which was obtained by the main researchers (CdA, RCF), and approval was received from the research ethics committee of Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (GPPG-HCPA protocol nos. 150119 and 160417 and CAAE nos. 42996915.0.0000.5327 and 54832016.1.0000.5327). The present trial is registered with ExternalRef removed (NCT02683902). Personal information about potential and enrolled patients will be maintained in a database in order to protect patients’ confidentially. Investigators will communicate trial results to participants, healthcare professionals, and other relevant groups via publication.
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