Techatraisak, Kitirat
Hestiantoro, Andon
Ruey, Soon
Banal-Silao, Maria Jesusa
Kim, Mee-Ran
Seong, Seok Ju
Thaufik, Syarief
Ahlers, Christiane
Shin, So Young
Lee, Byung Seok http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6001-2079
Article History
Received: 23 January 2019
Accepted: 17 April 2019
First Online: 16 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health, Republic of the Philippines approved the study protocol and all relevant study documents prior to study start. Ethical approval was obtained from each participating site of the Philippines (St. Luke’s Medical Center; University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center; University of Santo Tomas Hospital), Thailand (Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital; Faculty of Medicine Vajra Hospital; Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University; Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University; Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital) and Korea (CHA Gangnam Medical Center, CHA University; Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital; ChungNam National University Hospital; Inha University Hospital; The Catholic University Of Korea, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital; Seoul National University Hospital; Korea University Anam Hospital Clinical Trial Center; Ajou University Hospital; Severance Hospital Clinical Trial Center; ChonNam National University Hospital; Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital; GangNam Severance Hospital). Centralized ethical approval for participating sites was obtained for Singapore (SingHealth), Malaysia (Ministry of Health) and Indonesia (Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia). Enrolled patients gave written informed consent prior to any study-related procedure.
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