Bislenghi, Gabriele http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9212-9287
Vancoillie, Peter-Jan
Fieuws, Steffen
Verstockt, Bram
Sabino, Joao
Wolthuis, Albert
D’Hoore, André
Article History
Received: 7 March 2023
Accepted: 3 June 2023
First Online: 12 June 2023
Declarations
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: All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest or non-financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript. Furthermore, all the possible conflicts of interest are now disclosed: Gabriele Bislenghi: Speaker’s fee from Janssen, Galapagos. Bram Verstockt: Research support from AbbVie, Biora Therapeutics, Landos, Pfizer, Sossei Heptares and Takeda. Speaker’s fees from Abbvie, Biogen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Celltrion, Chiesi, Falk, Ferring, Galapagos, Janssen, MSD, Pfizer, R-Biopharm, Takeda, Truvion and Viatris. Consultancy fees from Abbvie, Alimentiv, Applied Strategic, Atheneum, Biora Therapeutics, Bristol Myers Squibb, Galapagos, Guidepont, Landos, Mylan, Inotrem, Ipsos, Janssen, Progenity, Sandoz, Sosei Heptares, Takeda, Tillots Pharma and Viatris. Joao Sabino: Speaker’s fees from Pfizer, Abbvie, Ferring, Falk, Takeda, Janssen, and Fresenius; consultancy fees from Janssen, Ferring, Fresenius, Abbvie, Galapagos, Celltrion, Pharmacosmos, and Pharmanovia; and research support from Galapagos and Viatris. Albert Wolthuis: No conflicts of interest to be declared. André D’Hoore: No conflicts of interest to be declared. This research study was conducted retrospectively from data obtained for clinical purposes with all the procedures being performed were part of the routine care. Approval was obtained from the ethics committee of University of Leuven. All included patients had given written consent to participate in the Institutional Review Board approved IBD Biobank CCARE (B322201213950/S53684)–Leuven.
: The study was approved by the local ethics committee of University Hospitals Leuven and performed in accordance to the ethical standard as reported in the 1964 declaration of Helsinki.
: All procedure performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standard of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable standards.
: All participants provided informed consent prior to their participation.