Jankowski, Ron J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3479-2232
Tu, Le Mai
Carlson, Christopher
Robert, Magali
Carlson, Kevin
Quinlan, David
Eisenhardt, Andreas
Chen, Min
Snyder, Scott
Pruchnic, Ryan
Chancellor, Michael
Dmochowski, Roger
Kaufman, Melissa R.
Carr, Lesley
Funding for this research was provided by:
Cook Myosite, Inc. (Not applicable)
Article History
Received: 22 August 2018
Accepted: 4 October 2018
First Online: 15 October 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Ron Jankowski, Mr. Ryan Pruchnic, and Dr. Christopher Carlson are employees of the sponsor, Cook MyoSite Inc. Dr. Le Mai Tu is a site investigator and receives funding from the sponsor for an Investigator Initiated trial. Dr. Michael Chancellor, a William Beaumont Hospital Urologist working on this study, was one of the inventors of this stem cell process. Dr. Chancellor receives royalty payments for the stem cell process and payments for consulting from Cook-MyoSite, the sponsor of the study. Dr. Roger Dmochowski is a site investigator and a consultant for Avadel Pharmaceuticals, Axsome Therapeutics, BlueWind Medical, GTx and Cook MyoSite, Inc. Dr. Melissa Kaufman receives support from the sponsor, Cook MyoSite, Inc., as a global clinical investigator, has participated in Advisory Boards with Boston Scientific, is a member of the Data Safety Monitoring Board for Valencia Technologies and is on the Editorial Board at the Journal of Urology. Dr. Lesley Carr is a site investigator, receives support for research and travel from the sponsor, Cook MyoSite, Inc. and has participated in Advisory Board meetings for the sponsor. Dr. Carr also serves on Speakers Boards for Astellas, Allergan, Pfizer, Duchesney USA and Ferring Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Magali Robert, Dr. Kevin Carlson, and Dr. Andreas Eisenhardt are site investigators and declare no conflicts of interest. Dr. Scott Snyder and Dr. Min Chen are employees of Cook Research Incorporated.
: Informed consent was obtained from each subject before performing any screening procedures by the Principal Investigator, co-Investigator, or research coordinator at each site.
: 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.