Minakata, Daisuke https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7529-5585
Fujiwara, Shin-ichiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4523-2994
Honda, Seina
Tominaga, Ryutaro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2113-7631
Yokoyama, Daizo
Noguchi, Atsuto
Furuki, Shuka
Koyama, Shunsuke
Murahashi, Rui
Nakashima, Hirotomo
Hyodo, Kazuki
Kawaguchi, Shin-ichiro
Ikeda, Takashi
Toda, Yumiko
Mashima, Kiyomi
Umino, Kento
Ueda, Masuzu
Ashizawa, Masahiro
Yamamoto, Chihiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5333-8414
Hatano, Kaoru
Sato, Kazuya https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2876-4224
Ohmine, Ken
Fukushima, Noriyoshi
Kanda, Yoshinobu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4866-9307
Article History
Received: 9 October 2024
Revised: 20 February 2025
Accepted: 14 March 2025
First Online: 23 March 2025
Competing interests
: D.M. has received speaking fees from Janssen. M.A. has received speaking fees from Novartis. M.U. has received speaking fees from Janssen, Ono Pharma, Sanofi, Takeda, and BMS. S.-i.F. has received a scholarship from Daiichi Sankyo and honoraria from BMS, CSL Behring, Janssen, Nippon Kayaku, Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi, and Takeda. K.O. serves as an advisor for Ono and has received speaking fees from Novartis, Takeda, and Ono. Y.K. has received research grants from Sanofi, Ono, Takeda, and Daiichi Sankyo, and payment or honoraria for lectures from BMS, Janssen, Sanofi, Novartis, Pfizer, Ono, Takeda, and Daiichi Sankyo. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to report.
: We confirm that all methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. This retrospective analysis was approved by the institutional review boards Jichi Medical University Hospital Bioethics Committee for Clinical Research [23-125, 31/Jan/2024]. Regarding the patient consent statement, this study was a retrospective analysis and did not require patient consent. An opt-out procedure was used, and participants were not included in the study if they explicitly decided to exclude. We have not released any personally identifiable images from human research participants in this study.