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Tanaka, Muhei https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1979-1565
Okada, Hiroshi
Hashimoto, Yoshitaka
Kumagai, Muneaki
Nishimura, Hiromi
Fukui, Michiaki
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Received: 20 August 2020
Accepted: 17 November 2020
First Online: 25 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All participants were informed about the study and informed consent was obtained from all the participants. The study adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki and ethics approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
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: Y.H. has received grants from Asahi Kasei Pharma and honoraria from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp, and Novo Nordisk Pharma Ltd outside of the submitted work. M.F. has received grants from Takeda Pharma Co. Ltd., Sanofi K.K., Kissei Pharma Co. Ltd., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp, Astellas Pharma Inc., Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co. Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd., MSD K.K., Sanwa Kagagu Kenkyusho Co., Ltd., Kowa Pharma Co. Ltd., Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., Novo Nordisk Pharma Ltd., Ono Pharma Co. Ltd., Eli Lilly Japan K.K., Taisho Pharma Co., Ltd., Tejin Pharma Ltd., Nippon Chemiphar Co., Ltd., Johnson & Johnson K.K. Medical Co., Abbott Japan Co. Ltd., and Terumo Corp.; and received honoraria from Teijin Pharma Ltd., Arkray Inc., Kissei Pharma Co., Ltd., Novo Nordisk Pharma Ltd., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp., Sanofi K.K., Takeda Pharma Co. Ltd., Astellas Pharma Inc., MSD K.K., Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd., Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co. Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd., Ono Pharma Co. Ltd., Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co. Ltd., Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd., Taisho Pharma Co., Ltd., Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd., AstraZeneca K.K., Mochida Pharma Co. Ltd., Abbott japan Co. Ltd., Eli Lilly Japan K.K., Medtronic Japan Co. Ltd., and Nipro Corp. outside the submitted work. The sponsors were not involved in the study design or the collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data. Moreover, the sponsors were not involved in the writing or decision to submit the article for publication in the manuscript. The authors, their immediate families, and any affiliated research foundations have not received any financial payments or other benefits from any commercial entity related to the participants of this article. The authors are affiliated with a department financially supported by pharmaceutical companies and declare that they have not received any funding for this study, and this affiliation does not alter their adherence to the journal policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors have no disclosures.
