Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank the patients, investigators, co-investigators, and the study teams at each of the participating centers and the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. The trial was sponsored by the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (CrossRef Funder ID: 10.13039/100009945). Medical writing assistance was provided by Daniel Smalley, Bioscript Stirling Ltd and funded by the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.Marie-Christine Bissery, PhD and Stephan Braun, MD PhD, both employees of CureTeq AG, reviewed the article for scientific and medical accuracy. The authors are fully responsible for the content of this article, and the views and opinions described in the publication reflect solely those of the authors.