Takeuchi, Tsutomu
Fleischmann, Roy http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6630-1477
Iikuni, Noriko http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5541-9314
Shi, Harry
Soma, Koshika
Paulissen, Jerome
Hirose, Tomohiro http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9569-6834
Smolen, Josef S. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4302-8877
Funding for this research was provided by:
Pfizer Inc
Article History
Received: 22 March 2021
Accepted: 23 July 2021
First Online: 24 August 2021
Declarations
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: All procedures were in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and International Conference on Harmonization Good Clinical Practice Guidelines, and were approved by the Institutional Review Board/Ethics Committee at each study center. All patients provided written informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: TT has received research grants from AbbVie, Asahi Kasei, Astellas, AYUMI, Chugai, Daiichi-Sankyo, Eisai, Mitsubishi-Tanabe, Nippon Kayaku, Novartis, Pfizer Japan Inc, and Takeda; has received consulting fees or other remuneration from AbbVie, Astellas, AstraZeneca, Chugai, Eli Lilly Japan, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Mitsubishi-Tanabe, Nippon Kayaku, Novartis, Taiho, Taisho Toyama, and UCB Japan; and has participated in speakers, bureaus for AbbVie, Astellas, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chugai, Daiichi-Sankyo, Eisai, Mitsubishi-Tanabe, Novartis, Pfizer Japan Inc, Sanofi, Takeda, and Teijin. RF has received grants/research support from, and is a consultant for, AbbVie, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celltrion, Eli Lilly, EMD Serono, Genentech, Gilead, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer Inc, Regeneron, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, Taiho, and UCB. NI, HS, KS, and TH are employees and shareholders of Pfizer Inc. JP is an employee of Syneos Health, who were paid contractors to Pfizer Inc in the development of this manuscript and in providing statistical support. JSS has received research grants from AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Janssen, MSD, Pfizer Inc, and Roche; and has received consulting fees or other remuneration from AbbVie, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Astro, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, Celltrion, Chugai, Eli Lilly, Gilead, GlaxoSmithKline, ILTOO, Janssen, MedImmune, MSD, Novartis, Pfizer Inc, Roche, Samsung, Sanofi, and UCB.