Hansen, Kim Wadt http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0851-5095
Jeger, Raban
Sørensen, Rikke
Kaiser, Christoph
Pfisterer, Matthias
Biering-Sørensen, Tor
Bjerking, Louise Hougesen
Galatius, Søren
Funding for this research was provided by:
Foundation for Cardiovascular Research (32003B-116382)
Basel Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Article History
Received: 27 November 2018
Accepted: 13 September 2019
First Online: 16 October 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocols of the BASKET-PROVE and BASKET-PROVE II trials complied with the declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the local ethics committee at each participating site. Written informed consent was been obtained from all patients. The following local ethics committees were consulted [reference number]:<i>The BASKET-PROVE trial:</i>Den Videnskabsetiske Komite | Regionsgården, Kongens Vænge 2, 3400 Hillerød, Denmark [H-KA-20070005].Ethikkommission St. Gallen, Flurhof 7, 9007 St. Gallen, Switzerland [EKSG 007/027/1B].SPUK für Stadtspital Triemli, Ethikkommission des Kantons Zürich, Birmensdorfstrasse 497, 8063 Zürich, Switzerland [SZT 17/07].Kantonale Ethikkommission des Kantons Luzern, Kinderspital, 6000 Luzern, Switzerland [Antrag 671].Kantonale Ethikkommission Graubünden, Hofgraben 5, 7001 Chur, Switzerland [14/07].Ethikkommission beider Basel, Hebelstrasse 53, 4056 Basel, Switzerland [327/06].Ethikkommission der Medizinischen Universität Innsbruck, Innrain 43, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria [AM3043a].Ethik-Kommission der Gesundheitsdirektion Zürich (SPUK Innere Medizin), Sonneggstrasse 12, 8031 Zürich, Switzerland [EK-1400].Comitato Etico Cantonale, Via Orico 5, 6501 Bellinzona, Switzerland [CE1872].Comitato Etico, Ospidale Civile di Legnano, Via Candiani 2, 20025 Legnano, Italy [Pratica nr. 524/20074].<i>The BASKET-PROVE II trial:</i>Ethikkommission beider Basel EKBB, Hebelstrasse 53, 4056 Basel, Switzerland [231/09].De Videnskabsetiske Komiteer i Region Hovedstaden, Kongens Vænge 2, 3400 Hillerød, Denmark [H-1-20091101].Ethikkommission der Medizinischen Universität Innsbruck, Innrain 43, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria [264/4.12].Ethikkommission der Ärztekammer Nordrhein, Tersteegenstrasse 9, 40474 Düsseldorf, Germany [2010007].Comitato Etico Cantonale, Via Orico 5, 6501 Bellinzona, Switzerland [CE1872].Ethikkommission des Kantons St. Gallen, Kantonsspital/Flurhof 7, Rorschacherstrasse 95, 9007 St. Gallen, Switzerland [EKSG 10/001].Kantonale Ethikkommission Zürich KEK (Abteilung 4), Sonneggstrasse 12, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland [KEK-ZH 2010–023/4].Kantonale Ethikkommission Aarau, Bachstrasse 15, 5001 Aarau, Switzerland [EK2010/034].For further details, please refer to the main publications for the BASKET-PROVE (ExternalRef removed) and the BASKET-PROVE II (ExternalRef removed) trials.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.