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651. Myeloma: Biology and Pathophysiology, excluding Therapy: Poster II

Myeloma: Biology and Pathophysiology, excluding Therapy Program: Oral and Poster Abstracts
Type: Poster
Sunday, December 6, 2015: 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Hall A, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)

Gregory S. Calip, PharmD, MPH, PhD1,2,3*, Wan-Ju Lee, MS1,2*, Todd A. Lee, PharmD, PhD1,2*, Glen T. Schumock, PharmD, MBA, PhD1,2* and Brian C.-H. Chiu, PhD4

1Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomic Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
2Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
3Population Health, Behavior and Outcomes Program, University of Illinois Cancer Center, Chicago, IL
4Department of Public Health Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Bruno Paiva, PhD1*, Maria-Victoria Mateos2, Luis Ignacio Sánchez-Abarca3*, Maria Belen Vidriales, MD, PhD4*, Lucia Lopez-Corral, M.D.5*, Luis A Corchete5*, Miguel T Hernandez6*, Joan Bargay, MD, PhD7*, Felipe De Arriba8*, Javier De La Rubia9*, Ana Isabel Teruel, MD10*, Pilar Giraldo, MD, PhD11, Laura Rosiñol, MD PhD12*, Felipe Prosper, MD13, Albert Oriol, MD PhD14*, Jose Mariano Hernandez, MD15*, Graça Esteves16*, Fernando Leal da Costa17*, Juan Jose Lahuerta18*, Joan Blade, MD PhD12, Jose A. Perez-Simon, M.D., PhD19 and Jesus San Miguel, MD PhD20*

1Department of Hematology and Immunology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
2Hematology Department, University Hospital of Salamanca/IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain
3Servicio de Hematología, IBSAL-Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
4Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
5Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
6Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
7Hospital Son Llàtzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
8Hematology and Clinical Oncology Unit, Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer, Centro Regional de Hemodonación, IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
9H.U.P. La Fe, Valencia, Spain
10Hospital Clinico de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
11Hematology Research Center, Moscow, Russia
12Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
13Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
14Institut Català d’Oncologia, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
15Hospital General de Segovia, Segovia, Spain
16Hospital de Santa María, Lisboa, Portugal
17Instituto Portugués de Oncología, Lisboa, Portugal
18Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
19Dept. of Hematology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
20Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada, University of Navarra, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Tatiana Prokaeva1*, Brian Spencer1*, Fangui Sun2*, Nathaniel McConnell3*, Richard M O'hara4*, David C Seldin5*, Lawreen Connors1* and Vaishali Sanchorawala5

1Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
2Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
3The Binding Site Group Ltd., Birmingham, United Kingdom
4The Binding Site, Inc., San Diego, CA
5Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

Niina Ueno, MD*, Shikiko Ueno, MD, PhD, Shinya Endo, MD*, Nao Nishimura, MD*, Hiro Tatetsu, MD, PhD, Shinya Hirata, MD, PhD*, Hiroaki Mitsuya, MD, PhD* and Yutaka Okuno, MD, PhD

Department of Hematology, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kumamoto, Japan

Valentine Richez Jr., MD1*, Frederic Luciano, PHD2*, Amine Hamouda, PHD2*, Alexandre Puissant3*, Guillaume Robert, PhD4*, Arnaud Jacquel, PhD5*, Thomas Cluzeau, MD, PhD6*, Kenneth C Anderson, MD7, Jean-Gabriel Fuzibet, MD8* and Patrick Auberger, PhD4*

1Hospital, NICE, France
2Inserm U1065, Nice, France
3Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
4Inserm U1065, Nice, France, Nice, France
5Inserm U1065, Nice, France, Nice Cedex 03, France
6Hematology, Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France
7The Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
8Hospital, Nice, France

Denise Toscani, PhD1*, Marina Bolzoni, PhD1*, Federica Costa1*, Valeria Quarona2*, Valentina Marchica1*, Cristina Mancini, MD3*, Eugenia Martella, MD3*, Sabrina Bonomini4*, Paola Storti, PhD1*, Antonella Chillemi, PhD2*, Fabrizio Accardi, MD4*, Benedetta Dalla Palma, MD4*, Luisa Craviotto, MD1,4*, Fabio Malavasi, MD5*, Franco Aversa, MD1,4* and Nicola Giuliani, MD, PhD1,4

1Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
2Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
3Pathology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy
4Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy
5Laboratory of Immunogenetics, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Ming Han, BSc.1*, Alli Murugesan, MSc, PhD1*, Nizar J Bahlis, MD2, Kevin Song3, Darrell White, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP4, Christine Chen, MD5, Matthew D. Seftel, MBChB, FRCP(C), MRCP5, Kang Howsen-Jan, MD6*, Donna Reece7, Keith Stewart, MD8, Yagang Xie, MD, PhD, FCCMG9*, Annette E Hay, MB ChB10, Lois Shepherd, MD11, Bingshu E Chen, PhD11*, Marina Djurfeldt, MSc.11* and Tony Reiman, MD12

1Biology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada
2University of Calgary, Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute, Calgary, AB, Canada
3Hematology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
4Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
5Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
6London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada
7Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
8Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ
9Laboratory Medicine, Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John, NB, Canada
10Department of Internal Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
11NCIC Clinical Trials Group, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
12Dept of Oncology, Saint John Regional Hospital, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada

Marina Martello, PhD1*, Daniel Remondini, PhD2*, Enrica Borsi, PhD1*, Mauro Procacci1*, Barbara Santacroce1*, Annalisa Pezzi, PhD1*, Angela Flores Dico1*, Elena Zamagni1*, Paola Tacchetti, MD1*, Lucia Pantani, MD1*, Giulia Marzocchi, PhD1*, Giovanni Martinelli, MD, PhD3, Michele Cavo1* and Carolina Terragna, PhD1*

1DIMES - Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Hematology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
2Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
3Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy

Lucia Lopez-Anglada, MD PhD1,2*, Cecilia Cueto-Felgueroso3*, Maria-Victoria Mateos4, Laura Rosiñol, MD PhD5*, Albert Oriol, MD PhD6*, Ana Isabel Teruel, MD7*, Ana Lopez de la Guia, MD8*, Luis Palomera, MD PhD9*, Felipe de Arriba, MD PhD10*, Jose Mariano Hernandez, MD11*, Miquel Granell, MD12*, Francisco Javier Peñalver, MD13*, Ramon Garcia-Sanz, MD PhD4,14*, Juan Besalduch, MD PhD15, Yolanda Gonzalez, MD16*, Rafael Martinez, MD PhD17*, Miguel Teodoro Hernandez, MD PhD18*, Norma C Gutierrez4,14*, Paloma Puerta, MD3*, Joan Blade, MD PhD5,19, Jesús San Miguel, MD PhD20*, Juan José Lahuerta, MD PhD1,2* and Joaquin Martinez Lopez, MD PhD1,2*

1Hematology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
2Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Instituto Investigacion Biomedica I+12, Madrid, Spain
3Clinical Biochemistry, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
4Hematology, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca-IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain
5Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
6Institut Català d’Oncologia, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
7Hospital Clinico de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
8Haematology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
9Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain
10Hematology and Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Morales Meseguer. Centro Regional de Hemodonación. Universidad de Murcia. IMIB, MURCIA, Spain
11Hospital General de Segovia, Segovia, Spain
12Department of Hematology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain
13Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcon, Madrid, Spain
14Cancer Research Center (IBMCC-CSIC/USAL-IBSAL), Salamanca, Spain
15Hematology, University Hospital Son Espases, Palma, Spain
16Haematology, Institut d’Oncologia Dr Josep Trueta de Girona, Girona, Spain
17Hospital Universitario San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
18Hospital Univeritario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain
19Department of Hematology, Amyloidosis and Myeloma Unit. Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
20Department of Hematology and Immunology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Paula Arana1*, Bruno Paiva, PhD2*, Maria Belen Vidriales, MD, PhD3*, Juan A Flores-Montero, MD4*, Noemi Puig, MD, PhD3*, Teresa Cedena5*, Lourdes Cordon6*, Joaquin Martinez-López, MD.PhD7*, Enrique M. Ocio, MD, PhD8*, Miguel T Hernandez9*, Ana Isabel Teruel, MD10*, Mercedes Gironella11*, M Asuncion Echeveste12*, Laura Rosiñol, MD PhD13*, Joan Blade, MD PhD13, Juan Jose Lahuerta14*, Jacques J.M. van Dongen15, Alberto Orfao, MD, PhD16, Maria-Victoria Mateos17 and Jesus San Miguel, MD, PhD18

1Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
2Department of Hematology and Immunology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
3Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
4Servicio General de Citometría (NUCLEUS) and Department of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
5Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
6Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain
7Hematology, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
8University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
9Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
10Hospital Clinico de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
11Hospital Universitari Vall dHebron, Barcelona, Spain
12Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain
13Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
14Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
15Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
16Centro de Investigación del Cáncer (CIC, IBMCC USAL-CSIC), Servicio General de Citometría, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
17Hematology Department, University Hospital of Salamanca/IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain
18Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Jennifer Postelnek, BA1*, James Sheridan2*, Steve Keller2*, Tatiana Pazina, MS, BS3*, Jennifer Sheng1*, Valerie Poulart4* and Michael Robbins, BS1*

1Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
2AbbVie Biotherapeutics, Inc., Redwood City, CA
3Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
4Bristol-Myers Squibb, Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium

Angelo Belotti, MD1*, Michele Malagola2, Claudia Crippa, MD3*, Ilaria Prezioso4*, Francesca Schieppati5*, Rossella Ribolla6*, Vincenza Orlando7*, Domenico Russo8 and Giuseppe Rossi, MD9

1Division of Hematology, Spedali Civili,, Brescia, Italy
2Chair of Hematology, Unit of Blood Diseases and Stem Cell Transplantation , University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
3Hematology, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
4University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
5Division of Hematology, A.O. Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
6Division of Hematology, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
7Hematology, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
8Chair of Hematology, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
9Department of Hematology, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Manisha Bhutani, MD1, David Foureau, Ph.D.2*, Tammy Cogdill, NP1*, Kyle Madden, BS1*, Qing Zhang, Ph.D.3, Sarah A Baxter, PhD4*, Lawrence J Druhan, PhD4, Nilanjan Ghosh, MD, PhD5, Belinda R Avalos, MD4, Edward A. Copelan, MD6 and Saad Z Usmani, MD, FACP7

1Levine Cancer Institute/Carolinas Healthcare System, Charlotte, NC
2Immnune Monitoring Core Laboratory Cannon Research Center/Carolinas Healthcare System, Charlotte, NC
3Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, NC
4Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, The Levine Cancer Institute, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC
5Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Levine Cancer Institute, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC
6Carolinas Health Care, Levine Cancer Center, Charlotte, NC
7Levine Cancer Institute/Carolinas Healthcare System,, Charlotte, NC

Mark van Duin, PhD1*, Rowan Kuiper, BSc2*, Martin van Vliet, PhD2*, Annemiek Broijl, MD, PhD1*, Leonie de Best, MSc2*, Erik van Beers, PhD2*, Bronno Van Der Holt, PhD3*, Heleen Visser-Wisselaar, PhD4*, Lizanne Bosman, BSc2*, Belinda Dumee, BSc2*, Fanni van den Bosch, BSc2*, Michael Vermeulen, BSc1*, Jasper Koenders, BSc1*, Marian Stevens-Kroef, PhD5*, Anders Waage, MD, PhD6, Sonja Zweegman, MD, PhD7 and Pieter Sonneveld, MD, PhD1

1Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2SkylineDx, Rotterdam, Netherlands
3HOVON Data Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute - Clinical Trial Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
4HOVON Data Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute-Clinical Trial Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
5Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
6Department of Hematology, St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
7Department of Hematology, VUMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Ju Bai1*, Aili He1*, Wanggang Zhang1*, Yun Yang1*, Jianli Wang1*, Pengyu Zhang1*, Yuandong Feng1*, Lei Zhang2*, Hongli Chen1*, Xiaman Wang1*, Xiaoru Lei1*, Ying Shen1* and Lingjuan Huang1*

1Department of Hematology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
2Department of Clinical Lab, Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Isabel JF Hofman1,2*, Mark van Duin, PhD3*, George Mulligan, PhD4*, Ellen Geerdens2,5*, Emanuela Garelli6*, Cecilia Mancini7*, Heidi Lemmens8*, Michel Delforge9, Peter Vandenberghe, MD PhD10, Iwona Wlodarska5, Anna Aspesi11*, Lucienne Michaux5,8*, Pieter Sonneveld, MD, PhD12 and Kim De Keersmaecker1,2

1Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
2Center for the Biology of Disease, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
3Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands
4Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA
5Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
6Dipartimento Scienze della Sanità Pubblica e Pediatriche, Iniv. Torino, Torino, Italy
7Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Univ.Torino, Torino, Italy
8University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
9University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
10Center for Human Genetics, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
11Department of Health Sciences, Universita' del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
12Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Martin van Vliet, PhD1*, Joske Ubels, MSc1*, Leonie de Best, MSc1*, Erik van Beers, PhD1* and Pieter Sonneveld, MD, PhD2

1SkylineDx, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Cristina Jimenez, BsC1*, Isabel Prieto-Conde, BsC2*, María García-Álvarez, BsC2*, María Carmen Chillón, BsC, PhD2*, Aránzazu García-Mateo, MD3*, Fernando Escalante, MD4*, Tomás González-López, MD5*, Pilar Giraldo, MD, PhD6, Alfonso Garcia de Coca, MD, PhD7*, Miguel Alcoceba8*, Ana Balanzategui, BsC2*, Maria Eugenia Sarasquete, BsC, PhD2*, Luis Alberto Marin, BsC, PhD2*, Maria-Victoria Mateos9, Enrique M Ocio10*, Marcos González, MD, PhD8*, Jesus F San Miguel, MD, PhD11, Ramon Garcia-Sanz, MD, PhD12* and Noemi Puig, MD, PhD13*

1Department of Hematology, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
2Hematology Department, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
3Hematology Department, Hospital General de Segovia, Segovia, Spain
4Hematology Department, Complejo Hospitalario de León, León, Spain
5Hematology Department, Complejo Hospitalario de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
6Miguel Servet University Hospital and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Zaragoza, Spain
7Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
8Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
9Hematology Department, University Hospital of Salamanca/IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain
10Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca (IBSAL) y Centro de Investigación del Cáncer (IBMCC-CSIC). Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
11Hematologia, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca; Centro de Investigación del Cáncer (CIC, IBMCC USAL-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
12Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
13Instituto Biosanitario de Salamanca (IBSAL) and Cancer Research Centre (Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del Cáncer; CSIC-USAL), Salamanca, Spain

Beatriz Sanchez-Vega1*, Santiago Barrio2*, Yanira Ruiz3*, Ramon Garcia-Sanz, MD, PhD4*, Bruno Paiva, PhD5*, Carlos Marin3*, Roberto Maldonado3*, Inmaculada Rapado1*, Jose Cervera, MD6*, Rosa M. Ayala, MD, PhD7, Teresa Cedena8*, Cristina Jimenez, BsC4*, Miguel T Hernandez9*, Rafael Martinez, MD10*, Enrique M Ocio11*, M Asuncion Echeveste12*, Laura Rosinol13*, Joan Blade13, Maria-Victoria Mateos4, Jesus San Miguel, MD PhD14*, Juan Jose Lahuerta, MD, PhD7* and Joaquin Martinez Lopez, MD PhD7*

1Hospital-12-de-Octubre, Madrid, Spain
2Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
3Traslational Hematology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
4Hematology, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
5Department of Hematology and Immunology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
6Hematology, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
7Hematology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
8Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
9Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
10Hospital Clinico, Madrid, Spain
11Centro de Investigación del Cancer Universidad de Salamanca-CSIC, Salamanca, Spain
12Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain
13Hematology, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain
14Clinical Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Zarko Manojlovic, PhD1*, Austin Christofferson1*, Christophe Legendre, PhD1*, Gill Spreyer, PhD1*, Seungchan Kim, PhD1*, Winnie Liang, PhD1*, George Mulligan, PhD2*, Pamela G. Kidd, MD3, Scott Jewell, PhD4*, Mary Derome, MS5*, Jen Troups5*, Daniel Auclair, PhD5*, Sagar Lonial, MD6,7,8,9, David Craig, PhD1*, Jonathan J Keats, Ph.D.1 and John David Carpten, PhD1*

1Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ
2Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA
3Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI
4Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI
5Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, Norwalk, CT
6Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Atlanta, GA
7Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA
8Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
9Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

David R Fooksman, PhD1*, Amitabha Mazumder, M.D.2 and Mark McCarron, PhD1*

1Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
2NYU School of Medicine, NYU Cancer Center, New York, NY

Jeremy Ross, PhD1*, Martine Amiot, PhD2*, Brenda Chyla, PhD1*, Lisa Roberts-Rapp1*, Rasna Goswami1*, Sun Yan1*, Xin Huang1*, Anahita Bhathena1*, Sari Heitner Enschede, MD1*, Paulo Maciag, MD1*, Rod A. Humerickhouse, MD, PhD1 and Evelyn McKeegan1*

1AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL
2INSERM UMR-892, CHU, Nantes, France

Rosalie G Waller, BS1,2, Karen Curtin, PhD3*, Djordje Atanackovic, MD2, Guido J Tricot, MD, PhD4, Steven M Lipkin, MD, PhD5* and Nicola J Camp, PhD1,2*

1Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
2Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
3Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
4Division of Hematology, Oncology and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
5Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

Jesus Delgado-Calle, PhD1,2, Judith Anderson3*, Meloney D. Cregor4*, Nadia Carlesso, MD, PhD5, Khalid S. Mohammad, MD, PhD6*, Lilian I. Plotkin, PhD4*, Teresita M. Bellido, PhD2,7* and G. David Roodman, MD, PhD2,8

1Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana Univeristy School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
2Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center, Indianapolis
3Department of Medicine/Hematology and Oncology, Indiana Universisty, Indianapolis
4Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana Univetrsity School of Medicine, Indianapolis
5Indiana University, Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis, IN
6Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Indiana Univetrsity School of Medicine, Indianapolis
7Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
8Department of Medicine/Hematology and Oncology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

Pilar De La Puente, PhD1, Barbara Muz, PhD, MSc1, Feda Azab, BPharm1*, Micah John Luderer, BS, MS1, Jack L. Arbiser, M.D., Ph.D.2* and Abdel Kareem Azab, BPharm, PhD1

1Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Biology Division, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
2Department of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Carolina Schinke, MD1*, Shayu Deshpande, PhD1*, Alan Mitchell2*, Malek Faham3*, Purvi Patel1*, Sharmilan Thanendrarajan, MD1, Meera Mohan1*, Pankaj Mathur1*, Aasiya Matin1*, Muthukumar Radhakrishnan1*, Ruslana Tytarenko1*, Owen W Stephens, PhD1*, Frits van Rhee, MD, PhD1, Maurizio Zangari, MD1, Yogesh Jethava, MD1*, Nathan Petty, MS1*, Daisy V. Alapat, MD4, Sarah K. Johnson, PhD1, Joshua Epstein, DSc1, Bart Barlogie, MD, PhD1, Faith E Davies, MD1, Christoph Heuck, MD1, Antje Hoering2*, Niels Weinhold, PhD1* and Gareth J Morgan, MD PhD1

1Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
2Cancer Research and Biostatistics, Seattle, WA
3Adaptive Biotech, san francisco, CA
4Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Sajjad Hussain, PhD1*, Tibor Bedekovics, PhD1*, Marta Chesi, PhD2, Leif Bergsagel, MD, PhD2 and Paul J. Galardy, MD1

1Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
2Comprehensive Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ

Martin F Kaiser, MD1,2*, Eileen Mary Boyle, MD, PhD3,4*, Brian A Walker, PhD5, Dil B Begum4*, Paula Proszek5*, David C Johnson, PhD4*, Charlotte Pawlyn, MB BChir1,2*, John R Jones, MD1,2*, Suvi Savola, PhD6*, Roger G Owen7, Mark T Drayson, MD, PhD8*, David A Cairns9*, Gordon Cook, MD, PhD10, Walter M Gregory9*, Richard S Houlston, MD PhD FRCP11*, Faith E Davies, MD1,12, Graham H Jackson, MD13 and Gareth J Morgan, MD, PhD1,12

1The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
2Department of Haematology, The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
3CHRU Lille, Maladies du Sang, Hopital Claude Huriez, Lille, France
4Centre for Myeloma Research, Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
5Centre for Molecular Pathology, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, United Kingdom
6MRC-Holland, Amsterdam, Netherlands
7United Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, United Kingdom
8Clinical Immunology, School of Immunity & Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
9Clinical Trials Research Unit, Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
10University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
11Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
12Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
13Department of Haematology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Erming Tian, PhD1, Joshua Epstein, DSc1, Pingping Qu, PhD2*, Christoph Heuck, MD1, Frits van Rhee, MD, PhD1, Maurizio Zangari, MD1, Antje Hoering2*, Jeffery Sawyer3*, Bart Barlogie, MD, PhD1 and Gareth J Morgan, MD PhD1

1Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
2Cancer Research and Biostatistics, Seattle, WA
3Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Martin F Kaiser, MD1,2*, Eileen Mary Boyle, MD, PhD3,4*, Brian A Walker, PhD5, Dil B Begum4*, Paula Proszek5*, David C Johnson, PhD4*, Charlotte Pawlyn, MB BChir1,2*, John R Jones, MD1,2*, Suvi Savola, PhD6*, Roger G Owen7, Mark T Drayson, MD, PhD8*, David A Cairns9*, Gordon Cook, MD, PhD10, Walter M Gregory9*, Richard S Houlston, MD PhD FRCP11*, Faith E Davies, MD1,12, Graham H Jackson, MD13 and Gareth J Morgan, MD, PhD1,12

1The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
2Department of Haematology, The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
3CHRU Lille, Maladies du Sang, Hopital Claude Huriez, Lille, France
4Centre for Myeloma Research, Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
5Centre for Molecular Pathology, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, United Kingdom
6MRC-Holland, Amsterdam, Netherlands
7United Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, United Kingdom
8Clinical Immunology, School of Immunity & Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
9Clinical Trials Research Unit, Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
10University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
11Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
12Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
13Department of Haematology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Davine Hofste op Bruinink, MD, MSc1*, K. Martin Kortüm, MD2*, Mark van Duin, PhD1*, Mathijs A. Sanders, PhD1*, Remco Hoogenboezem, MSc1*, Michael Vermeulen, BSc1*, Laura Bruins2*, Jonathan Ahmann2*, Annemiek Broijl, MD, PhD1*, Sonja Zweegman, MD, PhD3, Esteban Braggio, PhD2, Bronno van der Holt, PhD4*, A. Keith Stewart, MD, PhD2 and Pieter Sonneveld, MD, PhD1

1Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2Division of Hematology/Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
3Department of Hematology, VUMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
4HOVON Data Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute - Clinical Trial Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Barbara Muz, PhD, MSc1, Feda Azab, BPharm2*, Pilar De La Puente, PhD1, Justin King3*, Micah John Luderer, BS, MS1, Ravi Vij, MD, MBA4 and Abdel Kareem Azab, BPharm, PhD1

1Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Biology Division, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
2Washington University In St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
3Washington Univeristy in St Louis, Saint Louis, MO
4Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO

Dominik Dytfeld, MD, PhD1*, Magdalena Luczak, PhD2*, Anna Przybylowicz-Chalecka, Msc3*, Blazej Ratajczak, MSc3*, Adam Nowicki, MD3*, Joanna Czerwinska-Rybak, MSc3*, Monika Joks, MD, PhD3*, Tomasz Szczepaniak, MD, PhD3*, Bochenek Maciej3*, Andrzej Jakubowiak, MD, PhD4 and Mieczyslaw Komarnicki, MD, PhD5

1Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, University of Medical Sciences in Poznan, Poland, Poznan, Poland
2Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland, Poznan, Poland
3University of Medical Sciences in Poznan, Poland, Poznan, Poland
4University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
5Department of Hematology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland

Silvia Gimondi1*, Alessandra Cavanè2*, Antonio Vendramin1*, Biancon Giulia2*, Anisa Bermema2*, Vittorio Montefusco2*, Paolo Corradini3 and Cristiana Carniti1*

1Division of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, University of Milano, Milan, Italy
2Division of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
3Department of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Rachel E Piddock, BSc1*, Amina M Abdul-Aziz, MSc.1*, Martin J Auger, MB ChB, MD2*, Kristian M Bowles, MB BS, PhD1,2 and Stuart A Rushworth, PhD, BSc1*

1Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
2Department of Haematology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, United Kingdom

Mehmet K Samur, Ph.D1,2*, Annamaria Gulla, MD3,4*, Alice Cleynen, PhD1*, Florence Magrangeas5*, Stephane Minvielle5*, Kenneth C Anderson6, Giovanni Parmigiani, PhD1*, Hervé Avet-Loiseau, MD7* and Nikhil C. Munshi, MD2

1Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
2LeBow Institute for Myeloma Therapeutics and Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
3Salvatore Venuta Campus, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
4Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Disease Center, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
5Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Unité Mixte de Genomique du Cancer, Nantes, France
6The Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
7Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Toulouse Institut National de la Santé, Toulouse, France

Tarun K. Garg, PhD, Ricky D Edmondson, Ph.D.*, Shweta S. Chavan, PhD*, Katie Stone, BS*, Justin M Stivers*, Jessica I Warden*, Veronica Macleod*, Charles M Skinner*, Joshuah D Lingo*, Amy D Greenway*, Junaid Khan*, Donald Johann, MD, MS, Christoph Heuck, MD, Bart Barlogie, MD, PhD, Gareth J Morgan, MD PhD, Joshua Epstein, DSc and Frits van Rhee, MD, PhD

Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Peter A. Forsberg, MD1, Tomer M Mark, MD, MSc2, Sujitha Yadlapati, MBBS1*, Adriana C Rossi, MD, MHS2, Roger N Pearse, MD, PhD2*, Karen Pekle, NP1*, Arthur Perry, PA1*, Morton Coleman, MD1, David Jayabalan, BSMS, MSc2*, Ruben Niesvizky, MD2 and Scott Ely, MD, MPH3

1Division of Hematology / Oncology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
2Center of Excellence for Lymphoma and Myeloma, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
3Department of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

Janani Ramachandran, MA1*, Loredana Santo, MD1*, Homare Eda, MD, PhD2*, Dharminder Chauhan, PhD3, Ka Tat Siu, PhD2, Miroslav Koulnis, PhD2*, Dennis Huszar, Ph.D.4, Kenneth C Anderson, MD5 and Noopur S. Raje, MD2

1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
2Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA
3The LeBow Institute for Myeloma Therapeutics and Jerome Lipper Myeloma Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
4Oncology iMed, AstraZeneca, Waltham, MA
5LeBow Institute for Myeloma Therapeutics and Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Karen Curtin, PhD1,2*, Yi Zhao, MS1*, Donglei Hu, PhD3*, Guido J Tricot, MD, PhD4, Elad Ziv, MD3*, Djordje Atanackovic, MD2,5 and Nicola J Camp, PhD2,5*

1Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
2Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT
3Medicine, Institute for Human Genetics, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA
4Division of Hematology, Oncology and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
5Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT

Irtisha Singh1,2*, Mehmet K Samur, Ph.D3,4*, Lee Shih-Han5*, Adam Samuel Sperling, MD, PhD6, Yu-Tzu Tai, PhD7, Mariateresa Fulciniti8, Christina S Leslie, PhD1*, Christine Mayr5* and Nikhil C. Munshi, MD4

1Computational Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
2Tri-Institutional Training Program in Computational Biology and Medicine, New York, NY
3Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
4LeBow Institute for Myeloma Therapeutics and Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
5Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
6Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
7Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
8The Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Haiming Chen, MD, PhD, Mingjie Li, BS*, Eric Sanchez, BA*, Abigail Gillespie, BS*, Cathy Wang, BS*, Tiffany Lee*, Suzie Vardanyan, MS*, Jason Nosrati, BS*, Jasmin Cao*, Michael Zahab*, Puja Mehta, BS*, George Tang, PhD* and James Berenson, MD

Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research, West Hollywood, CA

Tobias Meissner1*, Anja Seckinger, MD2*, Kari Hemminki, PhD3*, Uta Bertsch, MD4*, Asta Foersti5*, Mathias Haenel, MD6*, Jan Duering7*, Hans-Juergen Salwender, MD8*, Hartmut Goldschmidt, MD9, Gareth J Morgan, MD PhD10, Dirk Hose, MD11 and Niels Weinhold, PhD10*

1Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Avera Cancer Institute, La Jolla, CA
2Dept of Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
3German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany
4Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
5Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
6Klinikum Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
7Dept of Hematology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
8Asklepios Hospital Hamburg Altona, Hamburg, Germany
9Internal Medicine V, University Clinic Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
10Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
11Medizinische Klinik V, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Subodh Kumar, PhD1,2*, Srikanth Talluri, PhD1,3*, Mariateresa Fulciniti1, Masood A Shammas, PhD1,2 and Nikhil C. Munshi, MD2,4

1The Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
2VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, MA
3VA Boston Healthcare System, west roxbury, MA
4Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

*signifies non-member of ASH