Dr. Paul Richardson Discusses the DETERMINATION Trial

DETERMINATION trial: A phase III multi-center study examining the timing of stem cell transplant for MM The DETERMINATION study will have 1300 patients (700 in France and over 600 in the US) to determine when transplant is best used in newly diagnosed myeloma patients now that newer therapies are available. The study will also look at how the Revlimid/Velcade/Dex combo works as initial treatment and how lenalidomide affects progression as maintenance therapy.

ABOUT PAUL RICHARDSON, MD

Paul Richardson, M.D. is the Clinical Program Leader and Director of Clinical Research at the Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. He is also an Institute Physician and an RJ Corman Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Cambridge, MA. In addition to multiple myeloma, his key clinical interests are regimen-related toxicity, stem cell transplantation, experimental therapies and cancer pharmacology, and more. Visit Dr. Paul Richardson’s full biography (https://www.dana-farber.org/find-a-doctor/paul-g-richardson/).