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Clinical trials
Discuss questions, comments and worries you have relating to clinical trials.
AVE8062 and today's cynical rant.
- By drummedup · New reply 12:19 pm
- 5 replies
- Some of you may remember me. My wife was diagnosed OVCA stage 1a clear cell in Dec 2006. She is from Switzerland. We are here now getting treatment for a recurrence. Best health care in the world, some ...
Genetic testing
- By Linval · New reply 8:06 am
- 17 replies
- I was wondering if anyone knows about genetic testing for ovarian cancer and what the process is in doing so. Its a little scary to think of. What do you do if it comes back positive? My mother had ovarian ...
PARP Trials
- By Kristardh · New reply July 2, 2009
- 18 replies
- I was diagnosed in June 2006 with stage III ovarian cancer. I had taxol and cisplatinum. The first 2 rounds, they tried IP in addition to my regular port. The IP port failed and did a lot of tissue damage ...
Doxil, Avastin, Torisel Trial
- By TealOak · New reply June 30, 2009
- 5 replies
- I normally lurk but thought I would come out of hiding. After having disease progression while on first line chemo ( carbo/taxol), I am starting a phase 1 clinical trial with Doxil, Avastin and Torisel ...
anyone aware of MORAb?
- By bj1 · New reply June 30, 2009
- 3 replies
- I have recently had a recurrence of ovarian cancer that was staged at IIC in April of 2006. After 6 rounds of treatment with taxol/carbo I have had clear CT scans and a CA125 in the single digits. Now ...
Morab-003 or farletuzumabAny one used....?
- By tealtalk · New reply June 30, 2009
- 2 replies
- Morab-003 is in clinical trials with taxol. Has anyone heard of this or been in the clinical trials with this protocal? It is for platinum resistant epithelial ovca. I am looking into the study but any ...
PARP inhibitors, anyone?
- By MariaDe · New reply June 28, 2009
- 12 replies
- Does anyone have solid info on clinical trials using PARP inhibitors. I am BRCA 1 + and just recurring for the second time with stage 3c Ov Ca, My CA 125 is at 125, and I have 2 small measurable tumors ...
OVATURE Trial
- By aquilega · New reply June 21, 2009
- 12 replies
- Hi is anybody on the Ovature trial? If so I would be very interested to know how you are getting on. I have been on it for some months now and am progressing well. Aquilegia ...
I'm on the PARP inhibitors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- By sueoz · New reply June 16, 2009
- 50 replies
- Hello again my beautiful girls. I thought I'd just post another thread relating to PARP inhibitors because today I was finally told that I could start on them. I was on a clinical trial comparing Doxil ...
PARP INHIBITOR TRIAL
- By JanLP · New reply June 15, 2009
- 7 replies
- This is the first time I have posted so excuse the lengthly note. I have been dealing with Primary Peritoneal and Ovarian Cancer for the last 4 years. I have been in remission several times, but not longer ...
sugery and the vaccine trial
- By CATSMEOW · New reply June 4, 2009
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- I had my abdominal tumor out last tues at u.of penn.Had enough for the vaccine trial.I will start on chemo again because I have tiny size tumors on my colon and abdominal wall that dr. says chemo will ...
Carbo/Taxol - Avastin trial
- By agg22 · New reply May 20, 2009
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- Hi everyone, I was just curious about something. My mom is stage IIIc with positive retroperitoneal nodes. She is optimally debulked with no visible residual tumor. When we were first discussing therapy ...
Irinotecan Working for Me
- By OldieLocks · New reply May 15, 2009
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- I am in a clinical study called NKTR-102 PEG Irinotecan and after two treatments, my CA125 is 16 down from 88. The two spots on the omentum have shrunk. This is good news for me as I have been dealing ...
New Chemo Drug
- By MinnieM · New reply May 9, 2009
- 7 replies
- Just wanted everyone who is big in research to check out the new drug A6, which is working its way through FDA bureaucracy and should be released for Phase II clinical trial in the next 3-6 months. The ...
Clinical trial GDC-o449
- By nancyt · New reply May 4, 2009
- 3 replies
- Hi All- I was first dx.'d in May 2005-and had my first recurrence in July of 2008. I was asked to take part in this drug trial and am on my second month of taking this drug (or maybe a placebo-it's a ...
Ovarian Cancer Vaccine
- By ohmama123 · New reply May 2, 2009
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- I apologize if someone already posted this - I hadn't seen anything posted about testing this vaccine in the US. I copied the link but also pasted the article below the link. http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channe ...
Endocyte PRECEDENT Study
- By kss1204 · New reply April 19, 2009
- 3 replies
- We are in no way endorsing this trial only making the information available... If you have questions please contact the person listed below. I am only posting this to share and am not affiliated with ...
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- By K-rol · New reply April 17, 2009
- 12 replies
- hello ! i m french , 27 years ovac stade IV i doing clinical trial since 5 march , carboplatin/taxol/avastin (ICON7) i want know your opinion concerning avastin and if anyone else out there on this trial ...
Avastin trial
- By Dee09 · New reply March 29, 2009
- 4 replies
- Hi all, I know there's been a lot of discussion of Avastin, but I'm wondering if anyone is on the same trial that I'm on - six cycles of IP/IV cisplatin and taxol with IV Avastin then 11 more months of ...
Considering IP/IV vs. Clinical trial with Avastin
- By chewbarod · New reply March 26, 2009
- 7 replies
- Hello- My mother was recently diagnosed with Stage IIIc ovarian cancer. She had optimal debulking sugery and had a port put in. We have the opportunity to either do the IP/IV treatment (taxel/cisplatin ...
