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Hu, Chaoying https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0116-4387
Hu, Xiao
Wang, Chunhua
Zhao, Zirun
Gao, Dan
Chen, Xiaoping
Zhou, Dongli
Huang, Yue
Li, Lin
Zhang, Lan
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science and Technology Major Project (2017ZX09101001-002-044)
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First Online: 19 September 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles that have their origin in the Declaration of Helsinki, as well as with the principles set forth in the guidelines of good clinical practice. The clinical study protocol, protocol amendments, and all applicable documents, including the informed consent form, were reviewed and approved by the Independent Ethics Committee (Approval No. 2017-007) at Xuanwu Hospital (Capital Medical University). Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects prior to inclusion in the study. Subjects were covered under the commercial insurance provided by the sponsor.
: This study was sponsored by Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany), and writing of this article was funded by the National Science and Technology Major Project (no. 2017ZX09101001-002-044).
: Yue Huang and Dongli Zhou are employees of Merck Serono (Beijing) Pharmaceutical R&D Co., Ltd. Chaoying Hu, Xiao Hu, Chunhua Wang, Zirun Zhao, Dan Gao, Xiaoping Chen, Lin Li, and Lan Zhang declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
