Ortega, Hector
Lemiere, Catherine
Llanos, Jean-Pierre
Forshag, Mark
Price, Robert
Albers, Frank
Yancey, Steven
Castro, Mario
Funding for this research was provided by:
GlaxoSmithKline
Article History
Received: 13 December 2018
Accepted: 30 May 2019
First Online: 10 June 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This was a post hoc analysis of the COSMOS study. The original study protocol was approved by the appropriate investigational center ethics committee or institutional review board in accordance with the International Conference on harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) Good Publication Practice (GPP). All patients provided their consent.
: Not applicable.
: HO, J-P LL, MF, RP, FA and SY are employees of GSK and own stock/stock options in GSK. CL has attended advisory boards for AstraZeneca, GSK, Teva and Methapharm; received consulting fees from AstraZeneca, Teva and Methapharm; and received research funding from AstraZeneca and Teva. MC has received consulting fees from Genentech, Teva, Sanofi-Aventis, Aviragen, Boston Scientific and Holaira; received speaker fees from Genentech, Boston Scientific, Teva, Boehringer-Ingelheim and AstraZeneca; received research funding from Teva, GSK, Sanofi-Aventis, Vectura, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Invion, AstraZeneca, Gilead, Novartis and Chiesi; has participated on GSK Data Safety Monitoring Committee; and received royalties from Elsevier.