Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge and thank the patients and their families treated at the Ohio State University and Oregon Health Sciences University. The research was presented in part at the American Society of Hematology 58th annual meeting and exposition, San Diego, December 3-6, 2016.
Author contributions
SK, PS, CL, TW, SES, FTA collected and analyzed the data, wrote and edited the manuscript. XM analyzed the data, and wrote and edited the manuscript. SK, PS, CL, XM, TW, KR, LAA, JW, JCB, SES and FTA provided insight to study design, patient care, reviewed the data and wrote and edited the manuscript.
Disclosure statement
FTA has served as a consultant for Abbvie, AstraZeneca, Acerta Pharma, Celgene, Blueprint Medicine, Gilead, Genentech, Janssen, Sunesis, Dava Oncology, Kite Pharma, Karyopharm, Verastem, MEI Pharma, Incyte. JCB is a consultant for AstraZeneca, Genentech, Acerta, and Pharmacyclics. KAR received research funding from Genentech, AbbVie, and Janssen, has consulted for Acerta Pharma, and received travel funding from AstraZeneca. LAA has served as a consultant for AstraZeneca. JAW has consulted for Pharmacyclics and Janssen and receives research funding from Pharmacyclics, Janssen, Morphosys, Karyoparm, Loxo, Abbvie, and Verastem. SES has received research funding from Acerta Pharma, Gilead Sciences Inc., Janssen, Genentech, AstraZeneca, and Bristol Myers Squibb and has provided consulting services to Gilead Sciences, Janssen, Portola Pharmaceuticals and Pharmacyclics Inc.