Fukase, Hiroyuki http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9488-0947
Kajioka, Toshifumi
Oikawa, Ichiro http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8628-2843
Ikeda, Naoki
Furuie, Hidetoshi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8256-0516
Funding for this research was provided by:
EA Pharma Co., Ltd.
Article History
First Online: 22 January 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: T. Kajioka, I. Oikawa and N. Ikeda are employees of EA Pharma Co., Ltd. H Furuie received consultancy fees from EA Pharma Co., Ltd. H. Fukase received funds for conducting clinical investigations in connection with this trial.
: The study was approved by the CPC Clinic ethics committee, Kagoshima, Japan (Reference number: CPC2008-05). All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional review board and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants prior to study enrolment.