Shibuya, Kazuto
Jang, Jin-Young
Satoi, Sohei
Sho, Masayuki
Yamada, Suguru
Kawai, Manabu
Kim, Hongbeom
Kim, Song Cheol
Heo, Jin Seok
Yoon, Yoo-Seok
Park, Joon Seong
Hwang, Ho Kyoung
Yoshioka, Isaku
Shimokawa, Toshio
Yamaue, Hiroki
Fujii, Tsutomu
Funding for this research was provided by:
GUNZE LIMITED (1)
Article History
Received: 26 November 2018
Accepted: 18 July 2019
First Online: 9 August 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All investigators involved in this research will conduct this study according to the Helsinki Declaration and the Ethical Guidelines for Clinical Studies of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan. The protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of University of Toyama (No. Rin 29-93) and all participating institutions. This trial is registered on the UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN000029647) and on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03331718). All subjects for this study will be provided with a consent form describing this study and containing sufficient information for subjects to make an informed decision about their participation in this study. The consent form will be submitted with the protocol for review and approval by the IRB for the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have competing interests with GUNZE LIMITED, Kyoto, Japan, because this study is funded by this company.