Luna, Jaime https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5990-7534
Kampe, Eveline Otte im https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9741-1193
Aga-Barfknecht, Heja https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8765-9881
Lehne, Moritz https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8435-1374
Kunk, Leonie https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5305-9805
Hänsel, Ivonne https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6368-0791
Trescher, Saskia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0726-8590
Mevius, Antje https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9556-6693
Kisser, Agnes https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1486-8795
Kroeger, Nils https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6659-1374
De Santis, Maria https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4969-0877
Article History
Received: 23 April 2025
Accepted: 17 October 2025
First Online: 1 November 2025
Declarations
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: EO, HAB AK, ST, IH, LK are all employees of Pfizer Pharma GmbH in Germany, the sponsor of this study and may hold stocks or stock options. JL and ML participated in this study as staff members of Cytel, the work of IPAM and Cytel in this study was funded by Pfizer. NK received honoraria from Pfizer, Astellas, BMS, MSD, Merck, Janssen, Johnson&Johnson, Eisai, Bayer, Apogepha. MDS received honoraria and travel support from AAA, AbbVie, Amgen, Astellas, AstraZeneca, Basilea, Bayer, BMS, Daiichi Sankyo, EISAI, Ferring, Gilead, Immunomedics, Ipsen, Janssen, MSD, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Sandoz, Sanofi, SeaGen, Thermosome.
: The study protocol was approved by a Scientific Committee, consisting of external experts, the cooperating sickness funds, the research sponsor, Cytel and IPAM. As the study analyzed retrospective anonymized claims data, the use of such data is not subject to ethics committee approval and no informed consent was required according to German laws (§ 75 SGB X, Tenth Social Code Book). The work on the dataset conformed to all social security data protection requirements. The study followed all the dictates of the Declaration of Helsinki.