Donath, Frank
Mallefet, Pascal
Garreffa, Stephen
Furcha, Rowland
Article History
Received: 1 December 2017
Accepted: 24 November 2018
First Online: 12 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was conducted according to the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from each subject before randomization. The Independent Ethics Committee of the State Chamber of Physicians of Thuringia reviewed and approved the protocol prior to study commencement.
: Not applicable.
: FD is an employee of SocraTec R&D GmbH, Erfurt, Germany. PM and RF are employees of GSK Consumer Healthcare, Nyon, Switzerland. SG is an employee of Novartis Oncology, East Hanover, NJ, USA.
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