McLaren, Brendan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8769-8629
Andrews, Sophie C. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2103-7748
Glikmann-Johnston, Yifat http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6128-7768
Mercieca, Emily-Clare http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8162-0679
Murray, Nicholas W. G.
Loy, Clement
Bellgrove, Mark A. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0186-8349
Stout, Julie C. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9637-8590
Funding for this research was provided by:
Dementia Collaborative Research Centres, Australia (S1.16.05)
Article History
Received: 15 May 2020
Revised: 29 July 2020
Accepted: 13 August 2020
First Online: 3 September 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Since 2014, Julie C. Stout has been the director of a CRO that implements cognitive assessments in clinical trials (Stout Neuropsych), which has included the activities disclosed above for the following companies: Teva, Omeros, Vaccinex, and Ionis. Existing contracts go through 2021, and through this company, Dr. Stout indirectly (through a family trust) receives remuneration. Dr Stout is also the director of Zindametrix, a CRO that provides research support to uniQure.
: This study was approved by the Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee (project number CF16/280–2016000126), the Calvary Healthcare Bethlehem Research Ethics and Ethics Committee (project number 1608103), and the Western Sydney Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee (project number HREC/18/WMEAD/189). This study was granted ethical approval by three appropriate ethics committees. The research was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. All persons gave their informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study and no personally identifiable data has been presented in this manuscript.
: All participants gave informed consent to participate. The study was conducted under ethical approval of the above-listed institutions and adhered to the guidelines of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. All persons gave their informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study and no personally identifiable data has been presented in this manuscript..
: All participants gave consent for their study data to be published in a de-identified format.