Mjaess, Georges
Quackels, Thierry
Fantoni, Jean-Christophe
Tricard, Thibault
Marcq, Gautier
Blanc, Jérémy
Barthelemy, Philippe
Carnot, Aurélien
Sideris, Spyridon
Awada, Ahmad
Chanza, Nieves Martinez
Peltier, Alexandre
Albisinni, Simone
Diamand, Romain
Roumeguère, Thierry
Funding for this research was provided by:
Merck
Article History
Received: 26 November 2025
Accepted: 3 January 2026
First Online: 13 January 2026
Declarations
:
: Thierry Roumeguère: Speaker for Johnsson and Johnsson, Astellas, Recordati Gauthier Marcq: Speaker for a pharmaceutical company: _BMS, MSD, Janssen, Astellas, Merck Serono. Support from a pharmaceutical company for participation in a national or international congress: _Bouchara Recordati, BMS, MSD, Janssen, Ipsen, Astellas, Photocure. Consultant: _Janssen, BMS__Principal investigator of a pharmaceutical industry trial: _MSD, Janssen, Fidia, Steba Biotech_Jérémy Blanc: FNRS funded PhD student, medical advisory (institutional) from Merck, travel support for medical congresses from Ipsen, Recordati, Merck and AstraZeneca. AC: honoraria for educational events from Astellas. Nieves Martinez Chanza: research travel from Pfizer and Ipsen, consulting fees (institutional) from BMS, Bayer and Merck.
: The rest of the authors declare no conflict of interest.
: The study was approved by the Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles research ethics committee (number of ethics approval: CE2716 ). The authors certify that the study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki. All patients have signed a written informed consent.