Hirano, Takahiro
Negishi, Makiko
Kuwatsuru, Yoshiki
Arai, Masafumi
Wakabayashi, Ryozo
Saito, Naoko
Kuwatsuru, Ryohei
Article History
Received: 31 May 2022
Accepted: 9 March 2023
First Online: 21 March 2023
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Juntendo University Hospital. Informed consent was waived for this retrospective chart and claims data review, according to the Japanese Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects. Thus, informed consent was not obtained, but information about the study, including its purpose and data use, was posted on the hospital’s website to ensure that participants had the right to opt out. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: TH and RW are employees of Clinical Study Support, Inc. MN is an employee of Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories, Ltd. YK, MA, NS, and RK have no conflicts of interest to report.