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Article History

Received: 15 February 2018

Accepted: 7 May 2018

First Online: 20 June 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The protocol was approved by Institutional Review Board at Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University prior to patient recruitment and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki International Conference on Harmonization E6 Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice. Written informed consent was obtained for all patients prior to performing study-related procedures in accordance with federal and institutional guidelines. The study was registered on(NCT02048709).

: AN: None. ZH: None. RS: None. RD: None. LM: Employee of Georgia Cancer Center, no conflicts of interest. NNV: NewLink employee and shareholder. WJR: NewLink employee and shareholder. EK: NewLink employee and shareholder. MM: NewLink employee and shareholder. CL: NewLink employee and shareholder. RL: Employee of Genentech, Inc., shareholder of F. Hoffmann La Roche, Ltd. SRJ: Consultant of Genentech, Inc., shareholder of F. Hoffmann La Roche, Ltd. XL: Employee of Genentech, Inc., shareholder of F. Hoffmann La Roche, Ltd. LS: Employee of Genentech, Inc., shareholder of F. Hoffmann La Roche, Ltd. KM: Employee of Genentech, Inc., shareholder of F. Hoffmann La Roche, Ltd. SM: Employee of Genentech, Inc., shareholder of F. Hoffmann La Roche, Ltd. BM: Employee of Genentech, Inc., shareholder of F. Hoffmann La Roche, Ltd. AP: Employee of Genentech, Inc., shareholder of F. Hoffmann La Roche, Ltd. DHM: NewLink Genetics consultant, research support, shareholder. SNK: Member of NewLink SAB, Preclinical Research Agreement Genentech. JEJ: None.

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