Brézin, Antoine P.
Labbe, Antoine
Schweitzer, Cédric
Lignereux, François
Rozot, Pascal
Goguillot, Mélanie
Bugnard, Françoise
Dot, Corinne
Article History
Received: 20 April 2023
Accepted: 12 September 2023
First Online: 16 October 2023
Declarations
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: <b>A Brézin</b> is a consultant for Alcon; <b>A Labbé</b> is a consultant for Alcon, Allergan, Bausch & Lomb, Glaukos, Santen, Théa and Horus Pharma; <b>C Schweiter</b> has had advisory and honoraria for lecturing with Alcon, Allergan, Bausch & Lomb, Glaukos, Horus, Johnson & Johnson, Nicox, Théa; <b>F Lignereux</b> is consultant for Alcon and J&J; <b>P Rozot</b> is consultant for Alcon, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Horus Pharma, Hoya, Johnson & Johnson, Thea; <b>M Goguillot</b> and <b>F Bugnard</b> are employees of stève consultants, which has a research consultancy contract with Alcon; <b>C Dot</b> is consultant for Abbvie, Alcon, Bayer, Horus Pharma, Hoya, Novartis, Roche, Zeiss.
: Prior to data management, access to SNDS data was granted by the French national health data institute (<i>Institut National des Données de Santé</i> – INDS). This study has been granted scientific and ethical approval by the French expert committee for health research and evaluation (<i>Comité d’Expertise pour les Recherches, les Études et les Évaluations dans le domaine de la Santé</i> – CEREES), dossier n° 1119683 on December 19th, 2019. Also, this study received the authorization for claims data analyses from the French national data protection agency (<i>Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés</i> – CNIL), dossier DR2020-096 on February 28th, 2020. This study was conducted in compliance with the French Data Protection Act and in accordance with applicable and with the ethical principles set out in the Declaration of Helsinki.Granted ethical approval by the CEREES and data access authorization by CNIL (see ethical approval), no informed consent required as per Decree no. 2021 − 848 of June 29, 2021, of French Public Health Code. However, the patients have the right to be informed about ongoing studies and re-use of data and the opportunity to exercise their right to withdraw or object by contacting their local insurance service.
: Not applicable.