About the Authors

Kathleen E. Corey

Affiliations Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hui Zheng

Affiliation Massachusetts General Hospital Biostatistics Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jorge Mendez-Navarro

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Aymin Delgado-Borrego

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Jules L. Dienstag

Affiliations Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Raymond T. Chung

rtchung@partners.org

Affiliations Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

the HALT-C Trial Group

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KEC RTC JLD ADB HZ. Performed the experiments: KEC HZ. Analyzed the data: KEC RTC ADB JMN HZ JLD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KEC RTC ADB JMN HZ JLD. Wrote the paper: KEC RTC JLD.