Blom, Wendy A. M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2591-6958
Koppenol, Wieneke P.
Hiemstra, Harry
Stojakovic, Tatjana
Scharnagl, Hubert
Trautwein, Elke A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Unilever R&D Vlaardingen
Article History
Received: 6 February 2018
Accepted: 27 April 2018
First Online: 3 May 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors, W.A.M.B., W.P.K., H.H. and E.A.T. were all employed by Unilever, the sponsor of this study, when the study was performed. T.S. and H.S. declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The study was approved by an independent ethics committee (Ethikkommission Ethikausschuss 1 am Campus Charité—Mitte, Germany) and was conducted in accordance with applicable laws and regulations including, but not limited to, the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH), Guideline for Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the ethical principles that have their origins in the Declaration of Helsinki. The study was registered at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT 02728583). All participants gave their written informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study.