About the Authors

Pascale Mazzola

Contributed equally to this work with: Pascale Mazzola, Elke Schaeffeler, Matthias Schwab, Ingeborg A. Hauser

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology (IKP), Stuttgart, Germany, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Elke Schaeffeler

Contributed equally to this work with: Pascale Mazzola, Elke Schaeffeler, Matthias Schwab, Ingeborg A. Hauser

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology (IKP), Stuttgart, Germany, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Oliver Witzke

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

for the VIPP study group. The complete membership of the author group can be found in the Acknowledgments.

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, West German Centre of Infectious Diseases, Universitätsmedizin Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Martin Nitschke

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

for the VIPP study group. The complete membership of the author group can be found in the Acknowledgments.

Affiliation Transplantation Center, Medical Clinic I, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Luebeck, Germany

Volker Kliem

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

for the VIPP study group. The complete membership of the author group can be found in the Acknowledgments.

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Nephrology Center of Lower Saxony, Klinikum Hann. Muenden, Hann. Muenden, Germany

Max Zortel

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Roche Pharma AG, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany

Eva-Maria Wagner

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Roche Pharma AG, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany

Matthias Schwab

Contributed equally to this work with: Pascale Mazzola, Elke Schaeffeler, Matthias Schwab, Ingeborg A. Hauser

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

matthias.schwab@ikp-stuttgart.de (MS); ingeborg.hauser@kgu.de (IAH)

Affiliations Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology (IKP), Stuttgart, Germany, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, Departments of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Ingeborg A. Hauser

Contributed equally to this work with: Pascale Mazzola, Elke Schaeffeler, Matthias Schwab, Ingeborg A. Hauser

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

matthias.schwab@ikp-stuttgart.de (MS); ingeborg.hauser@kgu.de (IAH)

for the VIPP study group. The complete membership of the author group can be found in the Acknowledgments.

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Clinic Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Competing Interests

OW has received research grants for clinical studies, speaker’s fees, honoraria and travel expenses from Amgen, Astellas, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chiesi, Hexal, Janssen-Cilag, MSD, Novartis, Roche, Pfizer, and Sanofi. MN has received research grant for clinical studies, speaker´s fees, honoraria and travel expenses form Alexion, Roche, Otsuka and Sanofi. VK has received honoraria for lectures from Astellas, DaVita, and Chiesi. MZ and EW are employees of Roche Pharma AG. IAH served as advisory board member for the study and received speaker’s honoraria and travel grants from Astellas, Biotest, Novartis, Roche Pharma, and Sanofi during the last 36 months. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.