Acknowledgments— This clinical trial was
investigator initiated and sponsored by Roche
Scandinavia.
Dr. David Laaksonen and his team at the
Department of Medicine, Kuopio University
Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, are thanked for
their valuable contribution. We are very indebted
to the staff at each of the nine involved
clinical centers and to Fredrik Hansson, MSc,
for statistical support