Nikaido, Takuya
Shiosakai, Kazuhito
Sakoda, Hiroshi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Daiichi-Sankyo
Article History
Received: 27 March 2026
Accepted: 5 June 2026
First Online: 18 July 2026
Declarations
Conflict of Interest: Takuya Nikaido has received lecture fees from Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. Kazuhito Shiosakai and Hiroshi Sakoda are employees of Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Ethical Approval: The primary study was approved by the Clinical Research Review Committee, Fukushima Medical University Certified Review Board (CRB no. CRB2200002), which notified all participating centers of the approval. The primary study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles, Clinical Trials Act, and relevant notifications stipulated in the Declaration of Helsinki (as revised in 2013). All patients provided written informed consent. The primary study was registered in the Japan Registry of Clinical Trials under identifier jRCTs021200007.