Furukawa, Yutaka http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4585-2437
Miyake, Makoto
Fujita, Tomoyuki
Koyama, Tadaaki
Takegami, Misa
Kimura, Tetsuya
Sugio, Kumiko
Takita, Atsushi
Nishimura, Kunihiro
Izumi, Chisato
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Daiichi-Sankyo
Article History
Accepted: 13 July 2020
First Online: 24 July 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Yutaka Furukawa has received honoraria as a consultant or speaker from Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., and Bayer Yakuhin Ltd. Tadaaki Koyama has received personal fees from Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. Tetsuya Kimura, Kumiko Sugio and Atsushi Takita are employees of Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. Kunihiro Nishimura has received research funding from Philips Japan Ltd., Terumo Corporation, Tokyo Electric Power Company, P&G Japan, and Asahi Kasei Pharma. Chisato Izumi has received grants and personal fees from Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., and personal fees from Edwards Lifescience Co., and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Makoto Miyake, Tomoyuki Fujita, and Misa Takegami declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: This study was conducted in compliance with the most recent version of the Declaration of Helsinki, the Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects, and all other local, national, or international regulatory and legal requirements. The protocol and the informed consent document/form were reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of each participating medical institution.
: All patients provided written informed consent for participation before study entry.