Mai, Anna
Braun, Jürgen
Reese, Jens-Peter
Westerhoff, Benjamin
Trampisch, Ulrike http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6030-3383
Klaassen-Mielke, Renate
Timmesfeld, Nina
Trampisch, Hans J.
Krause, Dietmar
Funding for this research was provided by:
Federal Joint Commitee (01NVF17004)
Article History
Received: 19 July 2019
Accepted: 18 October 2019
First Online: 30 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study has been approved by the local ethic committees in Munster (lead ethics committee: 2018–144-f-S), Duesseldorf, and Hannover.The principles of good clinical practice will be an essential component of the trial. It will be conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. All patients must give written informed consent before inclusion. Additional file InternalRef removed is a completed SPIRIT 2013 Checklist.Decisions concerning patient care are the responsibility of the treating rheumatologist, based on established rheumatology standards. Therefore, specific measures to protect patients are not necessary.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.