McCarrier, Kelly P.
Hassan, Mariam
Hodgkins, Paul
Suthoff, Ellison
McGarry, Lisa J.
Martin, Mona L.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Article History
Received: 20 November 2019
Accepted: 16 April 2020
First Online: 13 May 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee(s) and the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent amendments or comparable ethical standards. A central institutional review board (Quorum Review IRB; Seattle, WA, USA) approved the study protocol and materials, as did local institutional IRBs where required.All patients (or parents/legal guardians of patients aged < 18 years) provided written informed consent prior to initiation of any study-related procedures.
: Not applicable.
: At the time of this study, KP McCarrier and ML Martin were employees of Health Research Associates, Inc., which received funding from Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated to conduct the research activities described in this manuscript. E Suthoff, P Hodgkins, L McGarry, and M Hassan were employees of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated at the time the study was conducted and may own stock or stock options in that company.