Kagan, Karl Oliver https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1497-5143
Enders, Martin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3218-074X
Schneider, Michael Oliver
Geipel, Annegret https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8602-8925
Jückstock, Julia
Siedentopf, Jan-Peter https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8820-0116
Faschingbauer, Florian
Gechev, Dimitar Emilov
Jaskolski, Michael Robert https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-3916
Rohr, Irena https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9810-9092
Schütze, Joachim
Aigner, Silke
Lentze, Stephan
Staiger, Christiane https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8687-7687
Funding for this research was provided by:
Biotest
Article History
Received: 18 November 2025
Accepted: 5 January 2026
First Online: 9 January 2026
Declarations
:
: KOK is editor-in-chief of this journal and was coordinating investigator of the reported trial. ME was responsible for the laboratory analyses. MOS, AG, JJ, and JPS were principal investigators of further active sites. FF, IR, DG, were investigators, MRJ was co-investigator. JS, SA, SL and CS are employees of Biotest AG.
: The appropriate trial-related documents were reviewed and approved by the competent local Independent Ethics Committees.