Quaranta, Maria Giovanna
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Ferrigno, Luigina
Monti, Monica
Filomia, Roberto
Biliotti, Elisa
Iannone, Andrea
Migliorino, Guglielmo
Coco, Barbara
Morisco, Filomena
Vinci, Maria
D’Ambrosio, Roberta
Chemello, Liliana
Massari, Marco
Ieluzzi, Donatella
Russo, Francesco Paolo
Blanc, Pierluigi
Verucchi, Gabriella
Puoti, Massimo
Rumi, Maria Grazia
Barbaro, Francesco
Santantonio, Teresa Antonia
Federico, Alessandro
Chessa, Luchino
Gentile, Ivan
Zuin, Massimo
Parruti, Giustino
Morsica, Giulia
Kondili, Loreta A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero della Salute (RF-2016-02364053)
Article History
Received: 18 December 2019
Accepted: 18 March 2020
First Online: 11 April 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Maria Giovanna Quaranta, Luigina Ferrigno, Monica Monti, Roberto Filomia, Elisa Biliotti, Andrea Iannone, Guglielmo Migliorino, Barbara Coco, Filomena Morisco, Maria Vinci, Roberta D’Ambrosio, Liliana Chemello, Marco Massari, Donatella Ieluzzi, Francesco Paolo Russo, Pierluigi Blanc, Gabriella Verucchi, Massimo Puoti, Mariagrazia Rumi, Francesco Barbaro, Teresa Antonia Santantonio, Alessandro Federico, Luchino Chessa, Ivan Gentile, Massimo Zuin, Giustino Parruti, Giulia Morsica, Loreta A. Kondili did not receive specific found and declare no conflicts of interest regarding the present study. PITER study has been conducted on a voluntary basis. This study does not refer to specific drug or drug companies and cumulative data on the overall clinical effect after viral eradication are reported within the paper. None of the authors, who are main investigators of clinical centers involved in PITER, declare relationships or interests that could have direct or potential influence or impart bias on the present work.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments and the principles of Good Clinical Practice. The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italian National Institute of Public Health) and by the local Ethics Committees of each participating clinical center. The patients’ data were evaluated anonymously, adopting codes generated by the electronic case-report form. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.