Curioni-Fontecedro, Alessandra
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Perentes, Jean Yannis
Gelpke, Hans
Xyrafas, Alexandros
Bouchaab, Hasna
Mach, Nicolas
Matzinger, Oscar
Stojcheva, Nina
Frueh, Martin
Weder, Walter
Cathomas, Richard
Gargiulo, Piera
Bubendorf, Lukas
Pless, Miklos
Betticher, Daniel
Peters, Solange
Article History
Received: 28 November 2018
Revised: 13 March 2019
Accepted: 20 March 2019
First Online: 16 April 2019
Competing interests
: A.C.F. declares receipt of honoraria or consultation fees from AstraZeneca, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Novartis, Pfizer and Takeda, as well as honorarium for talks in a company’s organised public event from F. Hoffmann-La Roche and Merck Sharp and Dohme. J.Y.P. received research funding from Hoffmann-La Roche. H.G. declares to have received travel support from Bristol-Myers Squibb. A.X. declares no conflict of interest. H.B. declares receipt of honoraria from AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Takeda. N.M. declares receipt of honoraria or consultation fees from Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Merck Serono, Novartis, Pharma Mar, as well as honorarium for talks in a company’s organised public event from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pharma Mar. O.M. declares no conflict of interest. N.S. declares no conflict of interest. M.F. declares receipt of honoraria or consultation fees from Bristol-Myers Squibb, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Astra Zeneca, Boeringer Ingelheim, Pfizer, Takeda. W.W. declares to have received honoraria or consultation fees from Astra Zeneca for Advisory Board and lecture, from Convidien teaching Grant & lecture. R.C. declares receipt of honoraria or consultation fees from Amgen, Astra Zeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Novartis, Roche, Pfizer, Janssen, Astellas, Bayer, Debiopharm. P.G. declares no conflict of interest. L.B. declares receipt of honoraria or consultation fees from AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Pfizer and Takeda, as well as honoraria for talks in a company’s organised public event from F. Hoffmann-La Roche and Astra Zeneca. M.P. declares Amgen, Astra Zeneca, BMS, Boehringer, Ingelheim, Lilly, Novartis, Merck, MSD, Roche, Takeda. D.B. declares receipt of honoraria or consultations fees from Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, F-Hoffmann-La Roche, Merk Serono, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Novartis, Pfizer, Takeda, Vifor. S.P. declares to have received education grants, provided consultation, attended advisory boards and/or provided lectures for the following organisations, from whom I have received honoraria: Receipt of honoraria or consultation fees: Abbvie, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Biocartis, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Clovis, Daiichi Sankyo, Debiopharm, Eli Lilly, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Foundation Medicine, Illumina, Janssen, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Merck Serono, Merrimack, Novartis, Pharma Mar, Pfizer, Regeneron, Sanofi, Seattle Genetics and Takeda. Talk in a company’s organised public event: AstraZeneca, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Illumina, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi, Takeda. Receipt of grants/research supports: (Sub)investigator in trials (institutional financial support for clinical trials) sponsored by Amgen, AstraZeneca, Biodesix, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Clovis, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Illumina, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Merck Serono, Novartis and Pfizer.
: Data supporting the results reported in the article can be found including, where applicable, hyperlinks to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study.
: The study was done in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients. The protocol was approved by the ethics committee of each participating site. The cantonal Ethical Committees approved the study with the following numbers: Vaud (228/09); Zurich (2010–0196/1, 2010/0018; 2011–0043); Bern (001/10); Geneva (09–300); Northwest/Central Switzerland (381/09); St. Gallen (09–137); Tessin (2283); Valais (044/12).
: Consent for publication was obtained from each patient included in the study.