Ji, Linong
Chandran, Arthi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5291-2103
Inocencio, Timothy J.
Sun, Zilin
Li, Qifu
Qin, Guijun
Wei, Zheng
DiMario, Stefan
Chapman, Richard H.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Becton Dickinson and Company (n/a)
Article History
Received: 11 April 2017
Accepted: 4 April 2018
First Online: 24 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This cross-sectional, non-interventional study was conducted in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki, the Belmont Report and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines (E6), and in a manner which was compliant with all applicable state and local regulations. This study was reviewed and approved by the following institutional review boards: Medical Ethics Committee of Peking University People’s Hospital, Independent Ethics Committee for Clinical Research of Zhongda Hospital, Affiliated to Southeast University, Ethics Committee of The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, and Ethics Committee of the Frist Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University. Before enrollment, each candidate was given the opportunity to review the study procedures, risks and benefits and ask any questions regarding the study. Before participation, each subject was required to give informed consent, documented by signing a written form.
: LJ, ZS, QL, and GQ received compensation from BD as study investigators. LJ and ZS received honoraria as lecture fees from BD, in part, to present study posters at scientific meetings. TI and RHC were employed by Avalere Health at the time the research was conducted; Avalere Health received compensation for analytic and editorial support. ZW and ABC are employees of BD. SD was an employee at BD at the time of this research. No other potential dualities of interest relevant to this article were reported.
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