Songpatanasilp, Thawee
Rojanasthien, Sattaya
Sugkraroek, Pansak
Ongphiphadhanakul, Boonsong
Robert, Lamar
Robert, Chongchit Sripun
Luevitoonvechkij, Sirichai
Santora, Arthur C.
Funding for this research was provided by:
MSD Thailand
Article History
Received: 1 May 2018
Accepted: 18 October 2018
First Online: 6 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was conducted in accordance with principles of Good Clinical Practice and was approved by the appropriate institutional review boards and regulatory agencies (Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand; Committee on Human Rights Related to Research Involving Human Subjects, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Bumrungrad International Institutional Review Board, Bumrungrad International Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand; and the Ethics Committee of Pramonkutklao Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand). All patients provided written informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: TS, SR, PS, BO, LR, CSR, and SL declare that they have no competing interests. AS was an employee of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., who may own stock and/or hold stock options in the Company.
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