Berkeveld, E.
Popal, Z.
Schober, P.
Zuidema, W. P.
Bloemers, F. W.
Giannakopoulos, G. F.
Article History
Received: 16 February 2021
Accepted: 16 June 2021
First Online: 6 July 2021
Declarations
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: The Medical Research Ethics Board of the Amsterdam University Medical Center, location VUmc, reviewed the study protocol, under reference number 2019.079, and concluded that the research is not subject to the Dutch Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (Wet medisch-wetenschappelijk onderzoek met mensen (WMO)). The necessity for obtaining informed consent was waived by the medical research ethics committee of Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, and all participants were informed by information letters and provided the opportunity to object to participating in the study, according to the Dutch 'no objection procedure'. Furthermore, all methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.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.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.