Acknowledgements
SE, Thomas’ NHS, Terblanche
SWEET
AM, DB, SE, KR, HM and ZP received a Research for Patient Benefit grant (PB-2006) from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). HM received funding from the NIHR’s Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at University College London Hospitals, London, UK. The research was also supported by the NIHR BRC based at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London and by the NIHR BRC at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR, the Department of Health or the funders. Metabolomic data was supported by an educational grant from Nestle Health Sciences. Vitaflo International Ltd were involved in initial discussions about the study and provided the K.Quik® component for the ketogenic feed gratis. Neither Vitaflo International Ltd nor Nestle Health Sciences contributed to study design, study implementation, data analysis or interpretation. We would like to thank the patients (and their families) who took part, Phil Hopkins and the Trial Steering Committee (Nicholas Hart, Ella Terblanche and Mark McPhail) and Data Monitoring Committees (Ben Shelley, David Griffiths, Jackie Cooper and Brijesh Patel), and the research nurses of both recruiting centres for their willingness to engage. Specifically: Maria Fernandez, Filipa Santos, Amaia Garcia, Fatima Seidu, Katie Sweet. We would also like to thank those who funded this study: NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (PB-PG-0317-20006: £249,560 AM, ZP; plus £10,549 additional COVID-related funding), Nestle Health Science Education grant (£25000 ZP), and Baxter Healthcare Ltd (loan of Indirect Calorimeter).