Koga, Yasutoshi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6664-1295
Povalko, Nataliya
Inoue, Eisuke
Nakamura, Hidefumi
Ishii, Akiko
Suzuki, Yasuhiro
Yoneda, Makoto
Kanda, Fumio
Kubota, Masaya
Okada, Hisashi
Fujii, Katsunori
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (H14-Shouni-006)
Japan Medical Association Center (CCT-B-1803, CCT-C-2001)
Article History
Received: 3 July 2018
Revised: 7 September 2018
Accepted: 8 September 2018
First Online: 29 September 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: The research was performed at 10 medical institutions in Japan in accordance with international guidelines, including the Declaration of Helsinki, Good Clinical Practice, and Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences, International Ethical Guidelines (NCT02367014). The study protocol was approved by individual institutional review committees.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects or from his or her legal representative prior to enrolment.