de Bruin, Irma J. A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5776-4971
Vranken, Lisanne http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6925-4397
Wyers, Caroline E. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7662-3990
van der Velde, Robert Y. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1400-6943
Trienekens, Thera A. M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0464-1863
Kaarsemaker, Sjoerd http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8811-4464
Janzing, Heinrich M. J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0195-5840
Wolters, Frank L. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0358-1675
Wouda, Siep http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3592-0128
Geusens, Piet P. M. M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7547-9146
van den Bergh, Joop P. W. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3984-2232
Article History
Received: 13 May 2020
Accepted: 8 July 2020
First Online: 28 July 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Dr. Janzing, Dr. Kaarsemaker, Dr. Trienekens, Dr. Vranken, Dr. van der Velde, Dr. Wyers, Dr. Wolters, and Dr. Wouda have nothing to disclose. Dr. de Bruin reports personal fees from Pfizer, personal fees from Novartis, personal fees from Sanofi, outside the submitted work; Dr. van den Bergh reports grants from Amgen, grants from Eli Lilly, grants from UCB, outside the submitted work; Dr. Geusens reports grants and personal fees from Amgen, grants from Pfizer, grants from MSD, grants from UCB, grants from Abbott, grants and personal fees from Lilly, grants from BMS, grants from Novartis, grants from Roche, grants from Will Pharma, outside the submitted work.
: Ethical approval was waived by the medical research ethics committee of the Academic Hospital Maastricht/University Maastricht (METC 2020-1508) in view of the retrospective nature of the study and all the procedures being performed were part of the routine care. The Dutch Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act does not apply to our study. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: For this type of study formal consent is not required.