A MODEL BUILT ON YOUR DATA
At the MMRF, our goal is to find the right treatment for every patient. This is why our model
is built around precision medicine — a concept that seeks to find precise treatments based on
a patient’s individual genomic and, eventually, immunologic characteristics.
The MMRF model generates and collects this data in our Data Bank — the largest
genomics data set for any cancer in the world. All of our data is freely available to
scientists through our Learning Network. The Clinic — we push the best hypotheses
to accelerate precision-based treatments.
THE
PATIENT
DATA BANK
Engaging patients
to give data
THE
LEARNING
NETWORK
Driving data
to answers
THE
CLINIC
Validating answers
in the clinic
The key to this precision medicine process
is data. We need patient data so that we can use it to better
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understand the subtypes of myeloma and develop new, more precise treatments. The more information
we have, the more we’ll learn, and the more people we can help. This is the idea behind the MMRF
CoMMpass Study SM , which has followed more than 1,000 patients around the world for at least eight
years. Thanks to the data gathered by CoMMpass, we’ve learned more about the different types of
myeloma, what drug regimens are effective, when stem cell transplant is appropriate, and more.
PATIENT
But we aren’t stopping with CoMMpass. We continue to analyze the data we’ve gathered while actively
trying to collect even more. Each patient is a source of important information that can help us solve the
puzzle of myeloma. Every piece of data is critical. Together, we can put all the pieces together and give
patients and providers what they need, when they need it, in terms of more personalized clinical trials
and care overall.
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