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Hedgehog trial :-)

llj
  • By llj
  • Posted September 10, 2009 at 11:38 pm · 5 replies
  • In Clinical trials
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Have you heard of the new Hedgehog trial? My doctor says it sounds very, very promising. I think, when I get back into remission, I may get to be a part of this trial.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS212552+09-Feb-2009+GNW20090 209

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JanP

i love the bit which said that animals - Hedgehogs? have done better with the drug Compared with "vehicle trials".

How did they conduct vehicle trials on hedgehogs? Why did the hedgehog cross the road?

Sorry shouldn't joke about it.

JanP

Rainey

I saw it on ABC News last week. I am also very interested in this and I am going to ask my doctor about it. Do you know where the trials are being conducted at the moment?

Shamrock2009

It is in phase I trial. Therefore any anyone with metastatic/advanced cancer can enroll as long as they meet eligibility requirements. Phase I is to done to look at safetyy and dose levels
Study is open at sites in Arizona, Colorado and Maryland.

Link to Hedgehog study information: http://www.cancer.gov/search/ViewClinicalTrials.aspx?cdrid=616503&version=H ealthProfessional&protocolsearchid=6721213

nancyt

I am currently in a phase II drug study of a drug called GDC-0449 (study name--A Study of GDC-0449 (Hedgehog Pathway Inhibitor) As Maintenance Therapy in Patients With Ovarian Cancer in a Second or Third Complete Remission). This study is going on in @12 or 13 states--it is also a hedgehog pathway inhibitor--I've been on it 7 months now--since my first recurrence last summer-it's a double blind study (50-50 chance of getting the drug) told my oncologist if she finds me curled in a ball with prickly spines on my back-it's the drug! You've got to laugh-actually I do think I'm getting the drug-based on some side effects and no other changes in my meds.

nancyt

Forgot to include the link to the trial I am on if anyone wants to read about it:
http://www.cancer.gov/search/ViewClinicalTrials.aspx?cdrid=613088&version=H ealthProfessional&protocolsearchid=5886909

NancyT

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