Miernik, Arkadiusz
Fritzsche, Jonas
Libutzki, Berit http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0826-281X
Malka, Vanessa
Kilemnik, Ido
Mohebbi, Damon
May, Melanie
Gratzke, Christian
Suarez-Ibarrola, Rodrigo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medi-Tate Ltd.
Article History
Received: 3 May 2021
Accepted: 5 July 2021
First Online: 22 July 2021
Declarations
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: Prof. Dr. med. Christian Gratzke is advisor for Astellas Pharma GmbH, DE, Ipsen Pharma GmbH, DE, Steba Biotech S.A., LUX, Bayer Pharma, DE, Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH, DE, Medi-Tate Ltd., IL, MSD, DE, Astra-Zeneca, UK and Roche, CH. He receives speaker fees from Amgen, USA, Astellas Pharma GmbH, DE, Ipsen Pharma GmbH, DE, Janssen-Cilag GmbH, BEL, Bayer Pharma, DE, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, JPN and medac GmbH, DE. Prof. Dr. med. Arkadiusz Miernik has received research funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), DE, coverage of travel expenses from the German Association of Urology (DGU), DE, European Association of Urology (EAU), NL; he is advisor for KLS Martin GmbH, DE, Dornier MedTech Europe GmbH, RichardWolf GmbH, DE, KarlStorz SE & Co. KG, DE, Lisa laser OHG, DE, Boston Scientific, USA, Dornier MedTech Europe GmbH, DE, Medi-Tate Ltd., IL and reviewer for Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft, A; he has royalties from Walter de Gruyter, DE, Springer Science + Business Media, DE. Dr. med. Jonas Fritzsche has no conflict of interest to declare. At the time to conduction of this study Berit Libutzki, Melanie May and Damon Mohebbi were employees of HGC Healthcare Consultants GmbH, which received funding from Medi-Tate Ltd. to conduct this study. Vanessa Malka and Ido Kilemnik are employed at Medi-Tate Ltd. Dr. med. Rodrigo Suarez has no conflicts of interests to declare.
: This analysis is based on retrospective claims data of individuals insured within the German statutory health insurance. All individual patient data were de-identified to comply with German federal data protection regulations. Due to data protection regulations, patient numbers below five were not displayed.
: The analysis did not involve decisions regarding interventions or the omission of interventions, therefore, institutional review board/ethical approval and patient informed consent was not needed.