Heinig, Roland http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4645-5428
Lambelet, Marc
Nagelschmitz, Johannes
Alatrach, Abir
Halabi, Atef
Article History
First Online: 1 March 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: This research was funded by the sponsor, Bayer AG. Bayer AG agreed to the publication of the present data.
: RH and JN are employees of Bayer AG. ML is an employee of CHRESTOS Concept GmbH & Co. KG, which received funding for this analysis from Bayer AG. AA and AH are employees of CRS Clinical Research Services Kiel GmbH, which received funding for study conduct from Bayer AG. In addition, RH and JN have stock in Bayer AG, but are not paid in stock or stock options.
: The study protocol (no. 14510) was reviewed and approved by the Independent Ethics Committee of the Medical Council of Schleswig–Holstein (Bad Segeberg, Germany). 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.
: Informed consent was obtained from all participants before study commencement.