Sanza, Michele
Monzio Compagnoni, Matteo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2105-4572
Caggiu, Giulia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6631-5393
Allevi, Liliana
Barbato, Angelo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7142-700X
Campa, Jeannette
Carle, Flavia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2422-6528
D’avanzo, Barbara http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-7263
Di Fiandra, Teresa http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1124-0600
Ferrara, Lucia http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6955-8983
Gaddini, Andrea
Saponaro, Alessio
Scondotto, Salvatore http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7620-3080
Tozzi, Valeria D http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0660-7853
Lorusso, Stefano
Giordani, Cristina
Corrao, Giovanni http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1034-8444
Lora, Antonio http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6806-5199
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero della Salute (J59H06000160001, F52F16001420001)
Article History
Received: 3 February 2023
Accepted: 27 September 2023
First Online: 13 October 2023
Declarations
:
: GC received research support from the European Community (EC), the Italian Agency of Drug (AIFA), and the Italian Ministry for University and Research (MIUR). He took part to a variety of projects that were funded by pharmaceutical companies (i.e., Novartis, GSK, Roche, AMGEN and BMS). He also received honoraria as member of Advisory Board from Roche. Author AL was employed by ASST Lecco. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
: All methods were carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The Ethical Committee of the University of Milano-Bicocca approved the study protocol (Protocol number 497, Year 2019) and established that the study (i) was exempt from patients informed consent (according to General Authorization for the Processing of Personal Data for Scientific Research Purposes Issued by the Italian Privacy Authority on August 10, 2018; ExternalRef removed); (ii) provides sufficient guarantees of individual records anonymity; and (iii) was designed according to quality standards of good practice of observational research based on secondary data. Informed consent was waived by the Ethical Committee of the University of Milano-Bicocca.
: Not applicable.