Michael Rud Lassen, MD^1*, Alexander S Gallus, MD^2*, Graham F Pineo, MD³, Gary E Raskob, PhD⁴ and the ADVANCE-1 Investigators^5*

¹Horsholm Hospital, Spine Clinic, Clinical Trials Unit, University of Copenhagen, Horsholm, Denmark
²Haematology Directorate SA Pathology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
³University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
⁴College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
⁵Study sponsored by Bristol Myers Squibb/Pfizer

Harry Roger Buller, MD, PhD^1*, Jean-Michel Destors, Clinical, Study, Director^2*, Alexander S. Gallus, MD³, Martin H Prins, MD, PhD^4* and Gary Edward Raskob, PhD⁵

¹Dept of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
²Thrombosis Therapeutic Department, Sanofi-Aventis recherche & développement, Antony Cedex, France
³SouthPath, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA, Australia
⁴Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Technology Assessment, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
⁵Univ. of OK Health Sciences Ctr., Oklahoma City, OK

Jeffrey I. Weitz, MD, FACP, FRCP¹, Stuart J. Connolly, MD, FRCPC^2*, Satoshi Kunitada^3*, James Jin^3* and Indravadan Patel^3*

¹Henderson Research Centre, Hamilton, ON, Canada
²Division of Cardiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
³Daiichi Sankyo Pharma Development, Edison, NJ

Takashi Fuji, MD^1*, Satoru Fujita, MD^2*, Shintaro Tachibana, MD^3* and Yohko Kawai, MD⁴

¹Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka Koseinenkin Hospital, Osaka, Japan
²Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Takarazuka Daiichi Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
³Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
⁴Sanno Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Alexander GG Turpie, MD^1*, Kenneth A. Bauer, MD², Bruce Davidson, MD^3*, Michael Gent, MD^4*, Louis Kwong, MD^5*, Michael Rud Lassen, MD^6*, Fred Cushner, MD^7*, Paul Lotke, MD^8*, Scott D. Berkowitz, MD, FACP⁹, Tiemo Joerg Bandel^10*, Frank Misselwitz, MD¹¹ and William Fisher, MD^12*

¹HHSC McMaster Clinic, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
³University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
⁴Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, W. Hamilton, Canada
⁵Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
⁶Spine Clinic, Clinical Trials Unit,University of Copenhagen, Horsholm Hospital, Horsholm, Denmark
⁷Insall Scott Kelly Center for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, New York, NY
⁸University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Phildelphia, PA
⁹Bayer, West Haven, CT
¹⁰Bayer HealthCare AG, Wuppertal, Germany
¹¹Bayer Healthcare Agency, Wuppertal, Germany
¹²McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada

Alexander GG Turpie, MD^1*, Michael Rud Lassen, MD^2*, Ajay K Kakkar, Prof., PhD³, Bengt Eriksson, MD, PhD^4*, Frank Misselwitz, MD⁵, Tiemo Joerg Bandel, MD^6*, Martin Homering^7*, Torsten Westermeier, PhD^6* and Michael Gent, DSc^8*

¹HHSC McMaster Clinic, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
²Spine Clinic, Clinical Trials Unit,University of Copenhagen, Horsholm Hospital, Horsholm, Denmark
³Barts and The London School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
⁴Sahlgrenska University Hospital / Östra, Gothenburg, Sweden
⁵Bayer Healthcare Agency, Wuppertal, Germany
⁶Bayer Healthcare AG, Wuppertal, Germany
⁷Bayer HealthCare AG, Wuppertal, Germany
⁸Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, W. Hamilton, Canada