Coles, Theresa
McFatrich, Molly
Ding, Helen
Lucas, Nicole
Daniell, Erin
Swaminathan, Aparna
Schelfhout, Jonathan
Johnson, Reed
Funding for this research was provided by:
Merck Sharp and Dohme
Article History
Accepted: 12 October 2023
First Online: 7 December 2023
Declarations
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: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA.
: This study was approved by the Duke University Institutional Review Board (Pro00106225). All participants provided verbal consent prior to the interview and received remuneration of $100.
: Dr. Coles had a consulting agreement with Regenxbio. Dr. Coles, Ms. McFatrich, Ms. Lucas, Ms. Daniell, Dr. Swaminathan, and Dr. Johnson were funded by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA to conduct this study. Helen Ding is an employee of Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA and shareholders in Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA. Jonathan Schelfhout was an employee of Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA at the time of the study. No other authors have conflicts to report.
: The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are not publicly available due to the potential of sharing personally identifiable data, but subsets of data are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
: Dr. Coles designed and is responsible for the study, interpreted results, wrote the draft manuscript, and revised the manuscript. Ms. McFatrich, Ms. Lucas, and Ms. Daniell provided feedback on the design and analysis of the study, assisted with protocol preparation and IRB submission, recruited, enrolled, consented and interviewed participants, conducted analyses, drafted sections of the manuscript, interpreted results, and provided feedback on the manuscript. Dr. Ding and Dr. Schelfhout provided feedback on the design and analysis of the study, interpreted results, and provided feedback on the manuscript. Dr. Swaminathan assisted in recruitment of participants, provided feedback on design of study, interpreted results, and provided feedback on the manuscript. Dr. Johnson provided feedback on design of the study, assisted in development of the interview guides, and reviewed the manuscript.
: Informed verbal consent was obtained from all participants prior to the start of interviews.
: All authors provide this consent.
: Not applicable.