Szczepanowski, Monika https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5482-8880
Richter, Johanna
Bendig, Sonja
Bastian, Lorenz
Kelm, Miriam
Beck, Veronika
Beder, Thomas
Chitadze, Guranda
Kotrová, Michaela
Duell, Johannes
Faul, Christoph
Gärtner, Johannes
Hartmann, Alina
Kehden, Britta
Penas, Eva Maria Murga
Neumann, Martin
Ritgen, Matthias
Schrader, Wiebke
Steffen, Björn
Trautmann, Heiko
Viardot, Andreas
Burmeister, Thomas
Baldus, Claudia D.
Schwartz, Stefan
Gökbuget, Nicola
Brüggemann, Monika
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Kiel
Article History
Received: 31 March 2026
Accepted: 10 July 2026
First Online: 20 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to particpate: According to the Declaration of Helsinki, all research described herein was approved by the Frankfurt Research Ethics Board (188/15F). All patients have provided written informed consent as part of their protocols.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: SS: consulting fees from AMGEN, Gilead, Pfizer, and SERB SAS, honoraria from the Akademie für Infektionsmedizin e.V., AMGEN, AVIR Pharma, CSi Hamburg GmbH, Gilead, Labor28, Novartis, Persberg Group GmbH/DGIM e.V., Pfizer, and Vivantes GmbH, financial support for research projects from MorphoSys AG and Protherics Medicines Development Ltd, travel grants from AMGEN, Gilead, and Novartis. CDB: honoraria or travel support from Amgen, Gilead, Janssen, Novartis, Jazz, BMS, and Pfizer, contracted to carry out research for Novartis, the advisory board of Amgen. NG: Servier: Honoraria, Research Funding; Clinigen: Honoraria, Research Funding; Autolus: Honoraria; Incyte: Honoraria, Research Funding; Jazz: Honoraria, Research Funding; Pfizer: Honoraria, Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding; Gilead: Honoraria, Research Funding; Amgen: Honoraria, Research Funding. MB: contracted to carry out research for Amgen; the advisory board of Amgen and Incyte, Speaker Bureau of Amgen, Johnson & Johnson, and Pfizer. The remaining authors declare no COI.