Scheid, Christof
Kudernatsch, Robert
Eckart, Marie
Feig, Chiara
Straub, Vincent
Libutzki, Berit
Mahlich, Jörg http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1110-2793
Funding for this research was provided by:
Janssen-Cilag
Article History
Accepted: 6 June 2022
First Online: 2 July 2022
Declarations
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: This study was funded by Janssen-Cilag GmbH (Johnson & Johnson Platz 1, 41470 Neuss, Germany) and conducted by HGC Healthcare Consultants GmbH and the Institute for Applied Health Research Berlin GmbH (InGef) in line with the study protocol.
: Marie Eckart is an employee of Janssen-Cilag. Jörg Mahlich and Robert Kudernatsch were employed at Janssen-Cilag during the conduct of this study and may hold stocks from JNJ. Vincent Straub, Berit Libutzki, and Chiara Feig are employees of HGC, a consulting company that received funding from Janssen-Cilag to conduct this study in collaboration with the Institute for Applied Health Research Berlin GmbH (InGef) in line with the study protocol. Christof Scheid is employed at the University Hospital Cologne and received honoraria from Janssen-Cilag. All authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any other organization or entity with a financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
: The analysis did not involve any decisions regarding interventions or the omission of interventions. All individual patient data are anonymized in the research database to comply with German data protection regulations. Patient numbers below five were not reported. Accordingly, Institutional Review Board/ethical approval and informed consent of the individuals were not required.
: Not applicable.
: Not applicable.
: Analysis datasets will not be shared or stored at a public repository, and can be assessed upon reasonable request at the Institute for Applied Health Research Berlin (InGef).
: Available upon reasonable request at the Institute for Applied Health Research Berlin (InGef).
: CS, RK, CF, ME, VC, BL, and JM were involved in the study design, statistical analysis plan, and interpretation of the results. VS drafted the manuscript, and CS and JM edited the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.