Höcker, Britta http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4131-2273
Weber, Lutz T.
John, Ulrike
Drube, Jens
Fehrenbach, Henry
Klaus, Günter
Pohl, Martin
Seeman, Tomáš
Fichtner, Alexander
Wühl, Elke
Tönshoff, Burkhard
Funding for this research was provided by:
The study was sponsored by a grant from Roche, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany. Neither did the company influence the performance and analysis of the study nor its publication.
B.H., L.T.W. and B.T. have received travel grants from Roche. B.T. has also received research grants from Roche.
Article History
Received: 26 July 2018
Revised: 13 August 2018
Accepted: 13 August 2018
First Online: 4 September 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Good Clinical Practice Guidelines and the 1983 Helsinki Declaration and approved by the ethics committee of each contributing center. Written informed consent from patients’ parents or guardians was obtained prior to initiation of any study-related procedure, with assent from patients when appropriate for their age.
: This was an investigator-initiated trial undertaken by members of the “German Study Group on Renal Transplantation in Children and Adolescents” and members of the “German Society of Pediatric Nephrology (GPN)”. B.H., L.T.W., and B.T. have received travel grants from Roche. B.T. has also received research grants from Roche.