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Authors
von Känel, Roland
Neuner-Jehle, Stefan
Kressig, Reto W.
Guessous, Idris
Krayenbühl, Pierre Alexandre
Zimmerli, Lukas
Angelilo-Scherer, Anne
Keller, Thomas
Elzner, Caroline
Pauls, Karl
Morin, Neige
Battegay, Edouard
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
CSL Vifor
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Article History
Received: 17 May 2023
Accepted: 2 May 2025
First Online: 24 May 2025
Declarations
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: The study was conducted by a Contract Research Organization (CRO; ZEG Berlin – Center for Epidemiology and Health Research, Germany) that hosted the database and carried out data and project management. The CRO worked in cooperation with a Swiss field organization (QualiPro Schweiz AG, Switzerland) which was the primary contact for PCPs to provide study material and administrative support, as well as conduct the 2- and 6-month patient follow-ups by telephone. The study was overseen by an independent Scientific Steering Committee (the Swiss Fatigue Working Group). This Committee was composed of experts in the field of fatigue, with specialists in hematology, psychosomatics, psychiatry, epidemiology, geriatrics, internal medicine, and general practice. The sponsor provided financial support to the study. All procedures in this study were performed in accordance with the national ethical standards and the Swiss Federal law on data protection (FADP) and met Swiss regulatory authority’s requirements (approval no. 2016–01786).The study was reviewed and approved by the ethics committee “Ethikkommission Nordwest- und Zentralschweiz (EKNZ)” (reference N° 2016–01786), Switzerland. All patients who participated in the study provided informed consent. Patient data were handled in accordance with the European data privacy regulation (GDPR). The study was performed in line with all relevant European and national guidelines and regulations for conducting studies with human subjects.
: RvK: Member of the FDDA steering committee, no further conflicts. SNJ: Member of the FDDA steering committee, no further conflicts. All authors confirm that they have read BMC´s guidance on competing interests and that they do not have conflicting or competing interests related to this manuscript. The funding body took part in the design of the study, however, data collection, analysis, and interpretation, as well as writing of the manuscript were conducted independently, and results have not been influenced by CSL Vifor.
