Rugo, Hope S. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6710-4814
Trédan, Olivier
Ro, Jungsil
Morales, Serafin M.
Campone, Mario
Musolino, Antonino
Afonso, Noémia
Ferreira, Marta
Park, Kyong Hwa
Cortes, Javier
Tan, Antoinette R.
Blum, Joanne L.
Eaton, Lamar
Gause, Christine K.
Wang, Zhen
Im, Ellie
Mauro, David J.
Jones, Mary Beth
Denker, Andrew
Baselga, José
Funding for this research was provided by:
Merck
Article History
Received: 10 March 2017
Accepted: 30 June 2017
First Online: 5 July 2017
Conflicts of interest
: JC has received fees for lectures and consulting from Roche, Celgene, Novartis, and Eisai. HSR has received research support from Merck & Co., Inc. and Novartis. ART received grants from Merck & Co., Inc. for conducting this study. AD, CKG, EI, MBJ, DJM, and ZW are employees of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ and may hold stock or stock options in the company. MF has received grants from Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. and AstraZeneca, grants and non-financial support from Novartis, and F. Hoffmann-La Roche, and non-financial support from Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. NA, JB, JLB, MC, LE, AM, JR, SMM, OT, and KHP have nothing to disclose.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and Good Clinical Practice guidelines. Independent ethics committees reviewed and approved the protocol and applicable amendments for each institution.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.