D’Amico, Emanuele http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7494-9057
Zanghì, Aurora
Sciandra, Mariangela
Lanzillo, Roberta
Callari, Graziella
Cortese, Antonio
Lus, Giacomo
Lucchini, Matteo
Buccafusca, Maria
Bonavita, Simona
Gallo, Antonio
Curti, Erica
Gajofatto, Alberto
Signoriello, Elisabetta
Bisecco, Alvino
Gobbin, Francesca
Ferrò, Maria Teresa
Ferrazzano, Gina
Sparaco, Maddalena
Valentino, Paola
Mirabella, Massimiliano
Granella, Franco
Bresciamorra, Vincenzo
Grimaldi, Luigi Maria Edoardo
Patti, Francesco
Borriello, Giovanna
Grossi, Paola
Carotenuto, Antonio
Siena, Ernesto
Tsantes, Elena
Giugno, Alessia
Abbadessa, Gian Marco
Chisari, Clara Grazia
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Article History
Received: 20 February 2020
Revised: 23 May 2020
Accepted: 28 May 2020
First Online: 6 June 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr Emanuele D’Amico has received personal fees from Biogen and Sanofi. He also received travel funding from Bayer Biogen and Merck. Dr Aurora Zanghì received travel funding from Bayer-Schering and Sanofi Genzyme outside of the described work. Dr Mariangela Sciandra has nothing to disclose. Dr Roberta Lanzillo has received personal fees for public speaking or consultancy from Merck, Novartis, Biogen, Genzyme, Teva, Roche and Almirall. Dr Graziella Callari has received personal fees from Biogen and Sanofi. She also received travel funding from Bayer Biogen and Merck. Dr Antonio Cortese has received speaker honoraria from Biogen, Sanofi Genzyme, and Teva, and travel grants from Biogen, Merck, Sanofi Genzyme, and Teva. He also received advisory board member honoraria from Biogen, Merck, Novartis, and Teva. Dr Giacomo Lus has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. Dr Matteo Lucchini has received travel grants from Almirall, Biogen, Sanofi-Genzyme and Roche, speaker honoraria from Biogen and consulting fees from Merck Serono, Almirall and Novartis. Dr Maria Buccafusca has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. Dr Simona Bonavita has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. Dr Antonio Gallo has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. Dr Erica Curti has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. Dr Alberto Gajofatto has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. Dr Elisabetta Signoriello has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. Dr Alvino Bisecco has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. Dr Francesca Gobbin has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. Dr Maria Teresa Ferrò has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. De Gina Ferrazzano has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. Dr Maddalena Sparaco has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. Dr Paola Valentino has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. Dr Massimiliano Mirabella has received honoraria for speaking, serving on the advisory board and consulting for Biogen, Novartis, Merck Serono, Roche, Almirall and Sanofi Genzyme. He has received reimbursement for congress attendance and travel costs from Biogen, Novartis, Sanofi Genzyme, Roche, Merck Serono and Teva. He was also a principal investigator for clinical trials for Biogen, Merck Serono, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi Genzyme, Teva and Ultragenix. Dr Franco Granella has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. Dr Vincenzo Brescia Morra has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. Dr Luigi Maria Edoardo Grimaldi has served on the advisory boards of Bayer, Biogen Celgene, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi and Teva. He has also received personal fees for speaking activities at congresses or sponsored symposia. Dr Francesco Patti has served on the advisory boards of Bayer, Biogen Celgene, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi, Teva and Almirall. He has also received personal fees for speaking activities at congresses or sponsored symposia.
: The study protocol was approved by the local ethics committee (Comitato Etico Catania 1, n.177/2017/PO) of the coordinating centre (Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele, Catania, Italy) and transmitted to the participating centres. Patients provided written informed consent. The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and with the appropriate national regulations.