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Article History

Accepted: 20 April 2021

First Online: 19 May 2021

Declarations

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: This study was supported by Novartis Pharma AG.

: NZ and ATG are full-time employees of Novartis, while NC was a full-time employee of Novartis at the time the study was conducted. KM and RL are employees of Evidera, contracted to implement this study. KAH was an employee of Evidera at the time of writing this manuscript.

: This study was approved by the Ethical and Independent (E&I) Institutional Review Board (E&I study number: 19147-01).

: All participants provided informed consent prior to study participation.

: Not applicable.

: Not applicable.

: Not applicable.

: All authors were involved in the design and conception of the study; critically revised and approved the final version for publication, and meet the following four criteria for authorship recommended by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE): (1) substantial contributions to the conception and design of the work; (2) drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; (3) final approval of the version to be published; and (4) agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.