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"Conflict of interest: None declared."

"Support statement: This trial was funded by the National Institute for Health and Research (NIHR) Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) grant (PB-PG-0214-33095). The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. This trial was designed and delivered in collaboration with the Bristol Trials Centre, a UKCRC registered Clinical Trials Unit (CTU), which is in receipt of NIHR CTU support funding. Funding information for this article has been deposited with the Crossref Funder Registry."

"This clinical trial was registered at the ISRCTN registry with identifier ISRCTN14024829. All anonymised data are available on request."