Funding for this research was provided by:
Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co. Ltd
Article History
Received: 17 November 2025
Accepted: 14 January 2026
First Online: 20 February 2026
Declarations
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: The authors meet criteria for authorship as recommended by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as supported by Good Publication Practice (GPP) guidelines. Tomohiro Ito and Hiroko Noguchi are employees of Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd. Akira Shibuya is an employee of EPS Co., Ltd.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Good Post-Marketing Study Practice, and Good Vigilance Practice ordinances. Under these regulations, neither informed consent from patients nor ethics approval were required, as this was a non-interventional observational study using anonymized data.