Koschel, Dirk
Mailänder, Claudia
Schwab Sauerbeck, Inessa
Schreiber, Jens
Funding for this research was provided by:
Novartis Pharma
Article History
Received: 3 June 2020
Accepted: 13 October 2020
First Online: 2 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The project protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Magdeburg prior to project start. Additionally, the project protocol was approved by all ethics committees of participating sites. All patients provided written informed consent prior to any study-related procedure.
: Not applicable.
: DK declares the receipt of honoraria from Novartis. CM and ISS are employees of Novartis Pharma GmbH, the sponsor of the study. JS declares the receipt of honoraria and research support from Novartis.