Akiba, Takashi
Yokoyama, Keitaro
Hase, Hiroki
Mizobuchi, Masahide
Ando, Ryoichi
Sakai, Shuji
Fukushima, Kenji
Akizawa, Tadao
Funding for this research was provided by:
Astellas Pharma (Not applicable)
Article History
Received: 13 September 2018
Accepted: 21 January 2019
First Online: 20 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was carried out according to Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects published by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the laws and regulatory requirements of Japan; and the ethical principles that have their origin in the Declaration of Helsinki (as revised in Tokyo 2004). The protocol, amendments, and subject informed consent forms were approved by the institutional review board/independent ethics committee at each site prior to study commencement.
: All patients, or their legally acceptable representatives, provided informed consent prior to entering the study.
: Takashi Akiba reports receiving speaking fees from Bristol-Myers Squibb and manuscript writing fees from Torii Pharmaceutical. Keitaro Yokoyama reports receiving speaking fees from Torii Pharmaceutical, Ono Pharmaceutical, and Kissei Pharmaceutical. Tadao Akizawa reports receiving honoraria from Kyowa Hakko Kirin Pharma, Bayer Yakuhin, and Ono Pharmaceutical; speaking and personal fees from Kyowa Hakko Kirin Pharma, Bayer Yakuhin, Ono Pharmaceutical, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Kissei Pharmaceutical, and Torii Pharmaceutical; and manuscript writing fees from Astellas Pharma. Ryoichi Ando reports receiving speaking fees from Kyowa Hakko Kirin Pharma, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Torii Pharmaceutical, and Kissei Pharmaceutical. Shuji Sakai reports receiving scholarships from Eisai, Daiichi Sankyo, Fujifilm Corporation, Nihon Medi-Physics, and Fuji Pharma. Hiroki Hase reports receiving speaking fees from Chugai pharmaceutical and a scholarship from Kyowa Hakko Kirin Pharma. Masahide Mizobuchi and Kenji Fukushima report no conflicts of interest.
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