Tam, Johnathan
Lacaille, Diane
Liu-Ambrose, Teresa
Shaw, Chris
Xie, Hui
Backman, Catherine L.
Esdaile, John M.
Miller, Kimberly
Petrella, Robert
Li, Linda C. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6280-0511
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Arthritis Society (SOG-16-391)
Article History
Received: 27 May 2019
Accepted: 25 October 2019
First Online: 11 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for this study has been obtained from the University of British Columbia (UBC) Clinical Research Ethics board (H17–03424). Any modifications to the study protocol will be reviewed by the UBC Clinical Research Ethics board. The study has also been published in ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03404245). Written consent will be obtained from all participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. DL is supported by the Mary Pack/Arthritis Society Chair in Rheumatology award. TL-A is supported by the Canada Research Chair Program. HX is supported by the Maureen and Milan Ilich/Merck Chair in Statistics for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases award. LCL is supported by the Harold Robinson/Arthritis Society Chair in Arthritic Diseases award, the Canada Research Chair Program, and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) Scholar Award.