Stefani, Alessandro
Tessitore, Alessandro
Tambasco, Nicola
Cossu, Giovanni
Ceravolo, Maria Gabriella
Defazio, Giovanni
Morgante, Francesca
Ramat, Silvia
Melzi, Gabriella
Gualberti, Giuliana
Merolla, Rocco
Onuk, Koray
Lopiano, Leonardo
Article History
Received: 26 January 2021
Accepted: 9 November 2021
First Online: 28 January 2022
Declarations
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: Patients had to sign an authorization form to disclose personal health information and an informed consent form. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were previously described in the original publication on the global population [CitationRef removed]. The study was approved by the local ethics committees and performed according to the International Conference on Harmonization and Good Clinical Practice requirements, in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The local Ethics Committes that provided approvals were the following: Comitato Etico delle Aziende Sanitarie dell’Umbria di Perugia; Comitato Etico Regionale (CER) delle Marche c/o AUO Ospedali Riuniti “Umberto I—G.M.Lancisi—G.Salesi”; Comitato Etico AOU di Cagliari, Comitato Etico Indipendente Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico Consorziale di Bari; Comitato Etico Interaziendale AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino AO Ordine Mauriziano – ASL TO1; Comitato Etico Interaziendale della Provincia di Messina-AOU Policlinico “G Martino”; Comitato Etico Area Vasta Centro c/o AOU Careggi; Comitato Etico Indipendente dell’Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Tor Vergata di Roma; Comitato Etico Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria SUN-AORN “Ospedali dei Colli”.
: Not Applicable.
: A. Tessitore declares speaking honoraria and travel expenses for attending meetings from AbbVie. N. Tambasco received speaker honoraria from Lundbeck, Zambon and AbbVie. G. Cossu received honoraria for consulting services and symposia from AbbVie and speaking honoraria from UCB Pharma, Bial, Zambon, Boston; Research support from “Fondazione di Sardegna”. L. Lopiano has received grant support from AbbVie, Zambon and honoraria from AbbVie, Zambon, DOC, Bial, UCB. F. Morgante speaking honoraria from AbbVie, Medtronic, Zambon, Bial, Merz; Travel grants from the International Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorder Society; Advisory board fees from Merz; Consultancies fees from Boston Scientific, Merz and Bial; Research support from Boston Scientific, Merz and Global Kynetic; Royalties for the book “Disorders of Movement” from Springer; member of the editorial board of Movement Disorders, Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, European Journal of Neurology. A. Stefani has received grant support from Zambon; Advisory board fee from Abbvie and UCB. The following authors declare no conflicts of interest: G. Defazio, MG. Ceravolo, S. Ramat. G. Gualberti, G. Melzi, R. Merolla and K. Onuk are employees of AbbVie Italy or AbbVie Inc. USA and may own AbbVie stocks/options.