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Article History

Received: 20 October 2020

Accepted: 15 April 2021

First Online: 17 June 2021

Declarations

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: The study has been approved by the IEC of the following sites: the Comité d’Ethique hospitalo-facultaire of the Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc (Belgium), the Ethik-Kommission II der Universität Heidelberg (Germany), and the Comitato Etico Sapienza Universita di Roma (Italy).Written informed consent will be provided by each participant before the start of study assessments or the intervention.

: Not applicable.

: AM, OC, GDS, LGL, AK, AS, AT, IT, IFT, VW, and MW declare they have no conflict of interest. PBF was an employee of Grünenthal when she contributed to the study protocol, and reports consultancy fees from Consultech. IB is an employee of Grünenthal. SCC is an employee of Eli Lilly and Company. NBF reports personal fees from Almirall, NeuroPN, Novartis Pharma, Merck, and Mitshubishi Tanabe Pharma, outside the submitted work. EPZ reports fees from Mundipharma and Grünenthal, outside the submitted work. KP is an employee of Eli Lilly and Company. KS is an employee of Consultech. HVN was an employee of Grünenthal when he contributed to the protocol and reports personal fees from Medwis-extern GmbH & Co.KG, outside the submitted work. JMV is an employee of ESTEVE Pharmaceuticals. KV reports personal fees from Bayer Healthcare, Grünenthal, Eli Lilly and Company, and AbbVie, outside the submitted work. JV reports personal fees from Casquar, outside the submitted work. RDT reports personal fees from Bayer, Grünenthal, GSK, and Sanofi outside the submitted work. In addition, he has a patent DE 103 31 250.1-35 with royalties paid to MRC Systems. MRC Systems (BP and MG) develop, produce, and market products in the field of QST.