Hartman, Linda
Rasch, Linda A.
Klausch, Thomas
Bijlsma, Hans W. J.
Christensen, Robin
Smulders, Yvo M.
Ralston, Stuart H.
Buttgereit, Frank
Cutolo, Maurizio
Da Silva, Jose A. P.
Opris, Daniela
Rovenský, Jozef
Szamosi, Szilvia
Middelink, Leonie M.
Lems, Willem F.
Boers, Maarten
Funding for this research was provided by:
Horizon 2020 (634886)
Article History
Received: 15 June 2017
Accepted: 7 December 2017
First Online: 25 January 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study is carried out in compliance with the recommendations of the Declaration of Helsinki [], GCP and in accordance with local guidelines, regulations, and acts. The medical ethical committee of all participating countries approved the trial (the names of the ethical bodies are provided in Additional file ). Patients give informed consent before they are randomised in the study.
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