Berkeveld, E.
Sierkstra, T. C. N.
Schober, P.
Schwarte, L. A.
Terra, M.
de Leeuw, M. A.
Bloemers, F. W.
Giannakopoulos, G. F.
Article History
Received: 30 December 2020
Accepted: 22 March 2021
First Online: 16 April 2021
Declarations
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: The Medical Research Ethics Committee of Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, reviewed the study protocol, under reference number 2019.130, and concluded that the research is not subject to the Dutch Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (Wet medisch-wetenschappelijk onderzoek met mensen (WMO)), and therefore, ethics approval was waived.The necessity for obtaining informed consent was waived by the medical research ethics committee of Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, due to the extensive size of the number of dispatches included and complete anonymity of the study data. Therefore, study data was in no way traceable to individuals. The medical research ethics committee of Amsterdam UMC location VUmc is registered with the US Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) as IRB00002991. The FWA number assigned to the Amsterdam UMC location VUmc is FWA00017598. Furthermore, all methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.