Wendler, Jörg
Damann, Nils http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6117-6769
Röcken, Marit
Teicher, Verena
Schuier, Maximilian
Hamann, Frank
Schwenke, Holger
Sieburg, Maren
Behrens, Frank
Funding for this research was provided by:
Janssen-Cilag GmbH
Article History
Received: 1 June 2022
Accepted: 12 August 2022
First Online: 6 September 2022
Funding
: The SUSTAIN study was sponsored and funded by Janssen-Cilag GmbH (Germany). External authors did not receive funding (except for participation as a study site). Janssen-Cilag GmbH (Germany) funded the journal’s Rapid Service Fee.
: Medical writing support, funded by Janssen-Cilag GmbH (Germany), was provided by Joe Pickering, PhD, from Mudskipper Business Limited.
: J.W.: conception/design of the study, data analysis and interpretation, drafting the manuscript, critical revision of the manuscript, final approval of manuscript; N.D.: data analysis and interpretation, compilation and review of manuscript; M.R.: data interpretation, compilation and review of manuscript; V.T.: review of manuscript; M.S.: conceptualization of the SUSTAIN study, contribution to study setup and review of manuscript; F.H.: review of manuscript; H.S.: review of manuscript; M.Si.: review of manuscript; F.B.: study design, data generation, review of manuscript.
: Jörg Wendler was an advisor and/or received speakers’ honoraria and/or received grants and/or participated in clinical trials of the following companies: AbbVie, Chugai, Janssen-Cilag GmbH, Novartis, Roche Pharma; Nils Damann, Marit Röcken, and Verena Teicher are employees of Janssen-Cilag GmbH and hold stocks of Johnson & Johnson; Maximilian Schuier is an employee of Johnson & Johnson, holding stocks thereof; Frank Hamann, Holger Schwenke, and Maren Sieburg declare no competing interests; Frank Behrens has received research grants and consultancy/speaker fees from Janssen.
: All patients provided written informed consent, and the study was approved by the ethics commission of the Bavarian State Chambers of Physicians (Bayerische Landesärztekammer). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. The study was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.