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Acknowledgements
The authors wish to acknowledge funding from an ASCO Conquer Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award (awardee: RB) as well as the UCSF Stephen & Nancy Grand Multiple Myeloma Translational Initiative. The authors also wish to acknowledge protocol development assistance from the ASTCT Clinical Research Training Course and ASCO/AACR Methods in Clinical Cancer Research workshop. Most importantly, the authors wish to acknowledge study participants and caregivers for their time and feedback. Prior presentation: None (presented at the 2023 International Myeloma Society Meeting in September 2023).
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RB, AD, and NS conceptualized the research. RB, CR, and C-YH performed data collection and analysis. All authors contributed substantially to critical interpretation and approved the final manuscript.
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CR, AL, SA, and AD: no competing interests. RB: consulting for BMS, Caribou Biosciences, Genentech/Roche, Janssen, Sanofi Pasteur, SparkCures; research support from Pack Health (not for this study). KJB: employment by Pack Health, A Quest Diagnostics Company; research support from Gilead, Genentech, AbbVie, Daiichi Sankyo, GSK, Sanofi. JM: employment by Pack Health. AC: research support from AbbVie, BMS, CARSgen, Celgene, Caelum, Cellectis, Janssen, Merck; honoraria from Sanofi. SWW: consulting for Amgen, Sanofi; research support: BMS, Caelum, Genentech, Fortis, GSK, Janssen. JW: consulting for Amgen, Celgene, Janssen, Novartis, Takeda. TM: consulting for GlaxoSmithKline, Juno, Roche; research support from Amgen, Janssen, Sanofi, Seattle Genetics. NS: employment by AstraZeneca; consulting for Amgen, BMS, Celgene, CareDx, GSK, Indapta Therapeutics, Karyopharm, Kite, Sanofi; research support from Bluebird Bio, BMS, Janssen, Nektar, Poseida, Sutro Biopharma, TeneoBio.
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Banerjee, R., Huang, CY., Ryan, C. et al. Randomized phase 2 study of digital life coaching during transplantation for myeloma. Bone Marrow Transplant 58, 1406–1409 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-023-02091-4
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