Abdulla, Alan
Rogouti, Omar
Hunfeld, Nicole G. M.
Endeman, Henrik
Dijkstra, Annemieke
van Gelder, Teun
Muller, Anouk E.
de Winter, Brenda C. M.
Koch, Birgit C. P.
Funding for this research was provided by:
University Medical Center Rotterdam
Article History
Received: 11 November 2019
Accepted: 1 April 2020
First Online: 19 April 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
: The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) Good Clinical Practice Guidelines. Approval for the study protocol was obtained from the Erasmus MC Medical Ethics Committee (MEC-2015-502/NL53551.078.15) and the study was registered in the Netherlands Trial Registry (EXPAT trial, NTR 5632). Informed consent was obtained from the patients or their legal representative.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The Erasmus Medical Center approved the design of the trial, but had no role in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data or in the writing manuscript or the decision to publish.