Luyt, Charles-Edouard http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7424-2705
Hékimian, Guillaume
Bonnet, Isabelle
Bréchot, Nicolas
Schmidt, Matthieu
Robert, Jérôme
Combes, Alain
Aubry, Alexandra
Article History
Received: 20 April 2020
Accepted: 17 June 2020
First Online: 26 June 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: In accordance with French law in January 2016 and our hospitals’ ethical committee recommendation (Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects Ile de France VI, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital), informed consent was not obtained because this observational study did not modify existing diagnostic or therapeutic strategies. However, patients and/or their relatives were informed about the anonymous data collection and were told that they could decline inclusion. This database is registered at the National Commission for Informatics and Liberties (CNIL registration no.: 1950673).
: Not applicable
: CEL reports personal fees from Merck Sharp and Dohme, Thermo Fisher Brahms, Biomérieux, Carmat, Bayer Healthcare and Aerogen and grants from Bayer Healthcare, outside the submitted work. MS reports lecture fees from Maquet, Getinge and Fresenius, outside the submitted work. Other authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.