Cornely, Oliver A.
Vehreschild, Maria J. G. T.
Adomakoh, Nicholas
Georgopali, Areti
Karas, Andreas
Kazeem, Gbenga
Guery, Benoit
Funding for this research was provided by:
Astellas Pharma, Inc
Article History
Received: 28 November 2018
Accepted: 28 February 2019
First Online: 25 March 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: OAC has received research grants from Actelion, Arsanis, Astellas, AstraZeneca, Basilea, Bayer, Cidara, Duke University, F2G, Gilead, GSK, Leeds University, Medicines Company, MedPace, Melinta Therapeutics, Merck/MSD, Miltenyi, Pfizer, Rempex, Roche, Sanofi Pasteur, Scynexis, Seres Therapeutics and The Medicines Company; and personal fees from Actelion, Amplyx, Astellas, Basilea, Cidara, Da Volterra, F2G, Gilead, IQVIA, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Matinas, Menarini Ricerche, Merck/MSD, Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, PSI, Scynexis, Seres Therapeutics, Summit, Tetraphase and Vical.MJGTV is a consultant to Astellas Pharma, Berlin Chemie, MaaT Pharma and MSD/Merck; has served at the speakers’ bureaux of Astellas Pharma, Basilea, Falk Foundation, Gilead Sciences, Merck/MSD, Organobalance and Pfizer and received research funding from 3M, Astellas Pharma, DaVolterra, Gilead Sciences, Merck/MSD, Morphochem, Organobalance and Seres Therapeutics.NA was an employee of Astellas Pharma, Inc. during the conduct of the study.AG is a full-time employee of Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd.AK is a full-time employee of Astellas Pharma Ltd. and has patents WO2015169451 A1 and EP17167541.6 pending to Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd.GK is a consultant statistician for Astellas Pharma, Inc.BG received personal and institutional fees from Astellas Pharma, Pfizer and MSD, non-financial support from Astellas Pharma and research grants from Combioxin and Fondation Santos Suarez.
: The study was conducted in accordance with local ethical committees’ regulations, the Declaration of Helsinki, and the International Council of Harmonisation Good Clinical Practice guidelines.
: Patients provided written informed consent and could withdraw from the study at any time.