Yokoyama-Kokuryo, Waka
Yamazaki, Hayato
Takeuchi, Tsutomu
Amano, Koichi
Kikuchi, Jun
Kondo, Tsuneo
Nakamura, Seiji
Sakai, Ryoko
Hirano, Fumio
Nanki, Toshihiro
Koike, Ryuji
Harigai, Masayoshi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6418-2603
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tokyo Women's Medical University
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (#15K19570, H30-meneki-shitei-002)
Article History
Received: 26 August 2019
Accepted: 21 February 2020
First Online: 12 March 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Tokyo Medical and Dental University (#836, #115, and #M2015-553) and by the respective boards of other participating institutions. Written informed consent was obtained from each patient. The study was performed in compliance with ethical guidelines for epidemiological research in Japan and the Helsinki Declaration (revised in 2008).
: Not applicable.
: WY-K received honoraria from Eisai Co., Ltd., Asahikasei Pharma Corp. HY is currently an employee of Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd. TT received Grants from Astellas Pharma Inc., Chugai Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., AbbVie GK, Asahikasei Pharma Corp., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Co., Pfizer Japan Inc., Eisai Co., Ltd., AYUMI Pharmaceutical Corporation, Nipponkayaku Co. Ltd., and Novartis Pharma K.K. TT received personal fees from AbbVie GK., Astellas Pharma Inc., Astra Zeneca K.K., Bristol–Myers K.K., Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Diaichi Sankyo Co. Ltd., Eisai Co. Ltd., Eli Lilly Japan K.K., GlaxoSmithKline K.K., Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Co., Nipponkayaku Co., Ltd., Novartis Pharma K.K., Pfizer Japan Inc., Sanofi K.K., Teijin Pharma Ltd., Taiho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., and UCB Japan Co. Ltd.KA received honoraria from Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Eli Lilly Japan K.K., Pfizer Japan Inc., and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma and the research grant from Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Asahi Kasei Pharma. JK received honoraria from Astellas Pharma Inc., Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Co., Pfizer Japan Inc., Eisai Co., Ltd., Bristol–Myers K.K., Eli Lilly Japan K.K., GlaxoSmithKline K.K., Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K., and Sanofi K.K.Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) received unrestricted research grants for Department of Pharmacovigilance from AbbVie Japan Co., Ltd., Astellas Pharma Inc., Bristol–Myers Squibb K.K., Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Eisai Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Co., Ono Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer Japan Inc., Sanofi-Aventis K.K., Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and UCB Japan, with which TMDU paid the salaries of HY, RS, TN, and MH. The Department of Lifetime Clinical Immunology of Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) has received unrestricted research grants from Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Ono Pharmaceuticals; Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Co.; UCB Japan; CSL Behring; Towa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Abbvie Japan Co., Ltd.; Japan Blood Products Organization; Ayumi Pharmaceutical Co.; and Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd., with which TMDU currently pays the salary of FH. FH also received consulting fees from Ono Pharmaceuticals, Astellas Pharma Inc., Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma, and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.SN, TK, and RK have nothing to declare.