Bokemeyer, B. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2016-6991
Ghiani, M.
Fuchs, A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3074-3628
Deiters, B. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1630-8080
Hardtstock, F. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4698-1628
Brandes, A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0385-0401
Knop, J.
Orzechowski, H. D. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7374-6899
Wilke, T. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8932-6426
Funding for this research was provided by:
Takeda Pharma Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG (N/A)
Article History
Accepted: 4 April 2020
First Online: 18 May 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Bernd Bokemeyer has received consultancy fees and grants from several pharmaceutical companies, e.g., AbbVie, MSD, Shire, Ferring, UCB, Given Imaging, Hospira, Takeda, Movetis, Shield Therapeutics, Pfizer, Biogen, Janssen, Hexal, Cellgene, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Allergan. Marco Ghiani and Fränce Hardtstock participated in this study as a staff members of IPAM e.V.; the work of IPAM e.V. in this study was sponsored by Takeda Pharma Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG. Andreas Fuchs participated in this study as employee of AOK PLUS; he received consultancy fees and reimbursement of travel costs from the pharmaceutical company Bayer. Barthold Deiters is an employee of GWQ ServicePlus AG and declares no conflict of interest. Alina Brandes and Jana Knop are employees of Takeda Pharma Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG. Hans-Dieter Orzechowski was an employee of Takeda Pharma Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG at time of study conduct. Thomas Wilke has received honoraria from several pharmaceutical/consultancy companies, e.g., Novo Nordisk, AbbVie, Merck, GSK, BMS, LEO Pharma, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Pharmerit.
: Because the present study was non-interventional, had a retrospective design and was based on anonymized data, informed consent of patients was not required. This is in accordance with German law and policies of the institutions assessing patient-level data (IPAM, GWQ ServicePlus, and AOK PLUS). The study was evaluated by a scientific steering committee to which all the authors belonged and was based on a study protocol approved before start of data analysis.