Petersilka, Gregor J.
Arweiler, Nicole B.
Otto, Joachim
Wittig, Tobias http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3290-4912
Funding for this research was provided by:
Chemische Fabrik Kreussler & Co. GmbH
Article History
Received: 20 June 2017
Accepted: 23 April 2018
First Online: 1 May 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: This non-interventional observational study was conducted according to the recommendations from the German Health authorities (BfArM, Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices and Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedicines) [CitationRef removed] and according to the formal guidelines of the AKG Code of Conduct [CitationRef removed].
: The Ethical Committee of the University of Muenster, Germany, was consulted (2015-385-f-S). All subjects gave informed written consent (data privacy statement) before taking part in this study.
: G. Petersilka was the medical adviser (consultant) for this project for Kreussler Pharma. J. Otto and T. Wittig are employees of Kreussler Pharma. N. Arweiler declares no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects included in this observational study.