Tichá, Veronika
Počíková, Zuzana
Vytlačil, Josef
Štěpánová, Radka
Funding for this research was provided by:
This work was supported by Novartis s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic.
Article History
Received: 22 October 2021
Accepted: 23 March 2022
First Online: 15 April 2022
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in compliance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and the International Conference on Harmonization Good Clinical Practice Guidelines (Declaration_of_Helsinki, 2013). The protocol was approved by an independent ethics committee or institutional review board for each study site/hospital listed below:St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Pekařská 53, 656 91 Brno.Pardubice Hospital, Kyjevská 44, 532 03 Pardubice.General University Hospital in Prague, Karlovo náměstí 32, 128 08 Prague.Thomayer's Hospital, Vídeňská 800, 140 59 Prague.University Hospital in Motol, V Úvalu 84, 150 06 Prague.Royal Vinohrady Teaching Hospital, Šrobárova 1150/50, Prague.Hospital in Teplice, Duchcovská 962/53, 41501 Teplice.University Hospital in Pilsen, Alej Svobody 80, 304 60 Pilsen.University Hospital in Hradec Králové, Sokolská 581, 500 05 Hradec Králové.Hospital in Jihlava, Vrchlického 59, 586 33 Jihlava.University Hospital in Olomouc I.P. Pavlova 185/6, 779 00 Olomouc.University Hospital in Ostrava, 17. listopadu 1790, 708 52 Ostrava.Baťa Regional Hospital in Zlín, Havlíčkovo nábř. 600, 762 75 Zlín.University Hospital Brno Jihlavská 340/20, 625 00 Brno.České Budějovice Hospital, B. Němcové 54, 370 01 České Budějovice.All patients or their legal representatives provided written informed consent before commencing the trial-related procedures.
: All authors edited the manuscript for intellectual content, provided guidance during manuscript development, and approved the final version submitted for publication. All patients or their legal representatives provided written informed consent before commencing the trial-related procedures and allowed the results to be part of a publication.
: Veronika Tichá has received financial support for conference travel, consultancy fees, and speaker honoraria from Biogen, Novartis, Merck Serono, Teva, Actelion, and Receptos. She is an employee of MS Center, Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague. Zuzana Počikova is an employee of Novartis s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic. Josef Vytlačil was an employee of Novartis s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic at the time of study conduct. Radka Štěpánová is an employee of ANOVA CRO s.r.o., Zelená 2002/21a, 160 00 Prague 6 – Dejvice, Czech Republic.