Funding for this research was provided by:
Amgen
Article History
Received: 26 January 2021
Accepted: 21 June 2021
First Online: 2 July 2021
Declarations
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: Michael Z. Liao was an employee of and stockholder of Amgen. Hans Prenen has received honoraria and/or travel grants from Amgen, Bayer, Ipsen, Lilly, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, Terumo, and Vifor Pharma. Sandeep Dutta and Vijay V. Upreti are employees of and stockholders in Amgen.
: The study protocols were approved by the institutional review boards and independent ethics committees at participating study centers and were conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: All patients provided written informed consent before study-related procedures were performed.