Morbach, Caroline
Gelbrich, Götz
Breunig, Margret
Tiffe, Theresa
Wagner, Martin
Heuschmann, Peter U.
Störk, Stefan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF 01EO1004, BMBF 01EO1504)
Article History
Received: 29 September 2017
Accepted: 2 February 2018
First Online: 14 February 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: CM reports a co-investigatorship in a trial sponsored by NOVARTIS, a travel grant from THERMO FISHER and a speaker honorarium from AMGEN. GG reports grants from University Göttingen within the FIND-AF-randomized trial (FIND-AF-randomized is supported by an unrestricted grant to the University Göttingen from Boehringer-Ingelheim), grants from University Göttingen within DZHK analysis projects (the DZHK is funded by a BMBF grant), personal fees from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin within the TIM-HF-II trial for data safety and monitoring board membership (TIM-HF-II is supported by a BMBF grant to the Charité), grants from University Hospital Würzburg within the MOOD-HF trial for biometry and steering committee membership (MOOD-HF is supported by a BMBF grant and an unrestricted grant to the University Hospital Würzburg from Lundbeck), outside the submitted work. PUH reports research grants from the German Ministry of Research and Education, European Union, Charité, Berlin Chamber of Physicians, German Parkinson Society, University Hospital Würzburg, Robert-Koch-Institute, German Heart Foundation, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin (within MonDAFIS; MonDAFIS is supported by an unrestricted research grant to the Charité from Bayer), University Göttingen (within FIND-AF-randomized; FIND-AF randomized is supported by an unrestricted research grant to the University Göttingen from Boehringer-Ingelheim), and University Hospital Heidelberg (within RASUNOA-prime; RASUNOA-prime is supported by an unrestricted research grant to the University Hospital Heidelberg from Bayer, BMS, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo), outside submitted work. SS reports research grants from the German Ministry of Education and Research, European Union, University Hospital Würzburg; participation in Data Safety Monitoring and Event Adjudication Boards in trials sponsored by ROCHE and MEDTRONIC; principal investigator in trials (co-)sponsored by BOEHRINGER, NOVARTIS, BAYER, LUNDBECK; speaker honaria by BOEHRINGER, SERVIER, NOVARTIS, ASTRA-ZENECA, PFIZER, BAYER. MW declares that he has no conflict of interest. TT declares that she has no conflict of interest. MB declares that she has no conflict of interest.
: The STAAB cohort study protocol and procedures received positive votes from the Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty (vote 98/13) as well as from the data protection officer of the University of Würzburg (J-117.605-09/13). All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: All participants provided written informed consent prior to any study examination.