Japanese POEMS syndrome with Thalidomide (J-POST) Trial: study protocol for a phase II/III multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Kanako Katayama; Sonoko Misawa; Yasunori Sato; Gen Sobue; Ichiro Yabe; Osamu Watanabe; Masatoyo Nishizawa; Susumu Kusunoki; Seiji Kikuchi; Ichiro Nakashima; Shu-ichi Ikeda; Nobuo Kohara; Takashi Kanda; Jun-ichi Kira; Hideki Hanaoka; Satoshi Kuwabara

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007330

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Japanese POEMS syndrome with Thalidomide (J-POST) Trial: study protocol for a phase II/III multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

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Kanako Katayama Clinical Research Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sonoko Misawa Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Yasunori Sato Clinical Research Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gen Sobue Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ichiro Yabe Department of Neurology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Osamu Watanabe Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Masatoyo Nishizawa Department of Neurology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Susumu Kusunoki Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kinki University, Osaka-Sayama, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Seiji Kikuchi Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Medical Center, Sapporo, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ichiro Nakashima Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Shu-ichi Ikeda Department of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology), Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nobuo Kohara Department of Neurology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Takashi Kanda Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jun-ichi Kira Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hideki Hanaoka Clinical Research Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Satoshi Kuwabara Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Sonoko Misawa; sonoko.m{at}mb.infoweb.ne.jp

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Katayama K, Misawa S, Sato Y on behalf of the J-POST Trial study investigators, et al

Japanese POEMS syndrome with Thalidomide (J-POST) Trial: study protocol for a phase II/III multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

BMJ Open 2015;5:e007330. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007330

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Received November 29, 2014
Accepted December 9, 2014
First published January 8, 2015.

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October 26, 2017

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