Stockley, Robert A.
Edgar, Ross G. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5971-3035
Starkey, Sian
Turner, Alice M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health Research (CDRF-2014-05-044)
Article History
Received: 17 May 2018
Accepted: 13 July 2018
First Online: 20 July 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All patients gave written informed consent in line with GCP and the study had ethical approval from South Birmingham LREC 3359a.
: Not applicable.
: RAS had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.RAS has received fees for advisory board activity from CSL Behring, Shire pharmaceuticals, Kamada, Boehringer Ingelheim, Akari, Mereobiopharma and Astra Zeneca.RGE reports grants from Health Education England (HEE) and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (CDRF-2014-05-044), during the conduct of the study. This article presents independent research funded by the NIHR. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health.SH declares that she has no competing interests.AMT reports grants from Grifols biotherapeutics, and from Alpha-1 Foundation, outside the submitted work.
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