Louie, Karly S.
Erhard, Clement
Wheeler, David C.
Stenvinkel, Peter
Fouqueray, Bruno
Floege, Jürgen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Amgen
Article History
Received: 8 September 2019
Accepted: 8 December 2019
First Online: 17 December 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: KL and BF are employees and stockholders of Amgen. CE is an independent contractor providing statistical services to Amgen. DW has received consultancy and speaker fees from Amgen, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Janssen, Glaxo Smith Kline, Mundipharam, Napp, Reata and Vifor Fresenius.PS has received consultancy and speaker fees from Reata, Astra Zeneca, Corvidia, Baxter, Astellas and Pfizer. JF has received personal fees from Amgen, Fresenius, Sanofi and Vifor.
: Data were collected and processed in accordance with local ethical and regulatory requirements for each participating FMC facility.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all patients, where required.