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Article History

Received: 8 February 2020

Accepted: 13 April 2020

First Online: 11 May 2020

Compliance with ethical standards

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: Markus Bickel has received honoraria for lecturing from the Hess.Arbeitsgemeinschaft der HIV-Versorger (HIVAG), travelling grants from Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft niedergelassener Ärzte in der Versorgung HIV-Infizierter e. V. (dagnä) and has received research grants from AbbVie, Janssen-Cilag, MSD, Gilead Sciences, Glaxo Smith Kline, dagnä, Deutsche Leberstiftung, Institut für HIV Forschung Universitätsklinikum Essen, Infektionsmedizinisches Zentrum Hamburg (ICH). Christian Hoffmann has received honoraria for lecturing, advisory boards and/or travelling grants from AbbVie, EusaPharm, Gilead Sciences, HEXAL, Hormosan, Janssen-Cilag, MSD and ViiV Healthcare; he has also received research grants from AbbVie, Janssen-Cilag, MSD and Gilead Sciences. Stephan Klauke has received travelling grants from Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft niedergelassener Ärzte in der Versorgung HIV-Infizierter e. V. (dagnä) and has received research grants from AbbVie, Janssen-Cilag, MSD, Gilead Sciences, Glaxo Smith Kline, dagnä, Deutsche Leberstiftung, Institut für HIV Forschung Universitätsklinikum Essen, Infektionsmedizinisches Zentrum Hamburg (ICH). Christoph D. Spinner has received grants for travel and participation in advisory boards or speaker’s honoraria from AbbVie, Astellas, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Gilead, Janssen-Cilag, MSD, and ViiV Healthcare. He has also received grants for investigator-sponsored studies from Gilead Sciences, Janssen-Cilag, and ViiV Healthcare. Eva Wolf has received grants for travel and participation in advisory boards or speaker’s honoraria from AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen-Cilag, MSD Sharp & Dohme, Roche, and ViiV Healthcare. Knud Schewe has received speakers honoraria as well as honoraria for advisory boards and/or travel grants from AbbVie, Gilead Sciences, HEXAL, Janssen-Cilag, MSD and ViiV Healthcare as well as travel grants and conference sponsoring from Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft niedergelassener Ärzte in der Versorgung HIV-Infizierter e. V. (dagnä). Axel Baumgarten has received honoraria for lecturing, advisory boards and/or travelling grants from AbbVie, Gilead Sciences, Janssen, Sanofi, MSD and ViiV Healthcare. Stefan Esser has received honoraria for lecturing, advisory boards and/or travelling grants from AbbVie, Gilead Sciences, HEXAL, Janssen-Cilag, MSD and ViiV Healthcare; he has also received research grants from ViiV, Janssen-Cilag, MSD and Gilead Sciences. Christoph Wyen has received grants for travel and participation in advisory boards or speaker’s honoraria from AbbVie, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Gilead, Janssen-Cilag, MSD, and ViiV Healthcare. On behalf of all other authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.

: The primary ethical approval was received by the University Duisburg/Essen on June 25, 2014 (ID 14-5847-BO), the study was registered at the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte, ID7237), the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds (GKV Spitzenverband, ID40128) and the German clinical trial registry (Deutsche Register Klinischer Studien, ID 00006321).

: Partcipating centers signed a contract for the conduction of the study with the Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft niedergelassener Ärzte in der Versorgung HIV-Infizierter e. V. (<i>dagnä</i>) e. V. located in Berlin.

: All co-authors have read the manuscript had sufficient time to consider changes and finally agreed to its publication in the present form.

: The data of the study were presented and discussed at all investigator meetings which were held twice yearly over the entire time the study was conducted in conjunction with two national HIV meetings.

: Statistical analysis was conducted using Stata/SE 15.1 (StataCorp LLC, Texas, USA).