Naqvi, Atta Abbas http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4848-6807
Hassali, Mohamed Azmi
Naqvi, Syed Baqir Shyum
Aftab, Muhammad Tariq
Funding for this research was provided by:
Clifton Central Hospital (17-11-001)
Article History
Received: 20 February 2019
Accepted: 27 June 2019
First Online: 9 August 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The protocol and relevant documents were reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of Allied Medical Ethics, Karachi (approval number NOV:15). The study was in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and guidelines for research specified by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan. The progress of the study will be reviewed by the ethical committee every three months. Any modification and/or deviation in the study plan will be subject to committee approval.Only those patients who consent to participate voluntarily after attending a full explanation of study at the screening process will be recruited. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov. Patient data pertaining to this study will be kept confidential and processed anonymously. Only the investigators will have access to the anonymously processed data.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.