Gurol-Urganci, Ipek
Geary, Rebecca S.
Mamza, Jil B.
Iwagami, Masao
El-Hamamsy, Dina
Duckett, Jonathan
Wilson, Andrew
Tincello, Douglas
van der Meulen, Jan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9451-2335
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health Research (14/70/162)
Article History
Received: 11 March 2020
Accepted: 8 October 2020
First Online: 16 October 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The protocol for this study was approved by the Independent Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC) for the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in May 2017 (ISAC protocol 16_187R). Generic ethical approval for observational research using the CPRD, with approval from ISAC, has been granted by a Health Research Authority Research Ethics Committee (East Midlands — Derby, REC reference: 05/MRE04/87).
: Not applicable.
: Tincello acted consultant for Cambridge Medical Robotics, Femeda, and Astellas. All other authors declare no competing interests.