Flach, Susanne http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6196-3706
Howarth, Karen
Hackinger, Sophie
Pipinikas, Christodoulos
Ellis, Pete
McLay, Kirsten
Marsico, Giovanni
Forshew, Tim
Walz, Christoph
Reichel, Christoph A.
Gires, Olivier
Canis, Martin
Baumeister, Philipp
Article History
Received: 9 May 2021
Revised: 11 December 2021
Accepted: 21 January 2022
First Online: 7 February 2022
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All patients included provided written-informed consent to a clinical study which has been approved by the local ethics committee of the University of Munich (ref. no. 18–446) as well as the data protection officer. Study participants consented to sharing of pseudonymised data and samples with research partners located within and outside of the EU. The study has been conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and in keeping with the rules of good clinical practice and according to the German laws and ethical standards.
: Not applicable.
: SF, PB, CR, MC, OG and CW declare no competing interests. KH, SH, CP, KM, PE, TF and GM are employees and shareholders of Inivata Ltd (Cambridge, UK).