Clinical trials

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New Immunotherapy medicine MPDL3280A

yongmu
  • By yongmu · New reply yesterday at 3:09 pm
  • 2 replies
  • Hi, Anyone familiar with MPDL3280A from Genentech (a subsidiary company of Roche)? Or anyone already in its clinical trial? See the article below for more details about it. If that's real, it's promising ...

Gradalis’ FANG Phase II Peek: Strong Data in Ovarian Cancer

Sunny123
  • By Sunny123 · New reply May 16, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • Gradalis’ FANG Phase II Peek: Strong Data in Ovarian Cancer Gradalis Inc.’s interim Phase II data with its personalized cancer vaccine for advanced ovarian cancer showed the approach more than doubled ...

Clinical trials and studies

tg4love
  • By tg4love · New reply May 15, 2013
  • 13 replies
  • I just returned from my gyn/oncology appointment. There are no more chemos for me after doing 16 different ones. It has been suggested that I try gene test for BRAF V600 mutation for Study MD1188 and ...

CVAC TRIAL PARTICIPANTS

MMMMary
  • By MMMMary · New reply May 15, 2013
  • 4 replies
  • did anyone participate in the CVAC trial sponsored by Prima Bio Med. It's in it's third phase and I have signed up. It is a vaccine targeted immunotherapy trial and I have received 3 of 6 vaccines. I ...

Article from Dana Farber - Promising Drug

Sand_Dollars
  • By Sand_Dollars · New reply May 11, 2013
  • 3 replies
  • Some patients with incurable tumors and BRCA mutations respond to new two-drug combination novel combination of two drugs has shown anti-cancer activity in patients who had incurable solid tumors and ...

Action

Action
  • By Action · Posted May 6, 2013
  • 0 replies
  • Any one out there that has done ABT-888 with Topotecan clinical trial? Would love to hear your results ...

Royal Marsden Hospital, London

kaza64
  • By kaza64 · New reply May 2, 2013
  • 8 replies
  • I was just wondering if anyone has been to the Royal Marsden for a second opinion. I am due o go there in a few weeks time and was wanting to know what to expect. Is it just an initial consultation for ...

What to do???

Ejb64
  • By Ejb64 · New reply April 15, 2013
  • 14 replies
  • I have stage 3 clear cell ovarian cancer and had : rounds of Carboplatin and taxil and it didnt work at all. Now my dr. At. Md had suggested I can join a clinical trial or we to with do il and gemzar ...

ONT-10

Rhonda824
  • By Rhonda824 · New reply April 7, 2013
  • 4 replies
  • I start the clinical trial for ONT-10 on Monday. I'm so excited! I was diagnosed May 23, 2012. Late stage -- I had 3 rounds of Carbo & weekly Taxol, then surgery, followed by 3 more rounds Carbo & weekly ...

One drug to kill them all!

ericgt50
  • By ericgt50 · New reply April 5, 2013
  • 8 replies
  • http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/03/27 /scientists-find-treatment-to-kill-every -kind-cancer-tumor/ Looks very promising ...

Gemzar

teakettle
  • By teakettle · Posted April 4, 2013
  • 0 replies
  • NASA. Gone had breathing problems with Gemzar I had t cut chemo in half I take it with carboplatinum and avastin ...

alisertib

raspail
  • By raspail · New reply March 18, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • dear all, i may be starting a phase II clinical trial of taxol and alisiterb, an Aurora A Kinase Inhibitor. This is my third shot at chemo (i've had taxol and carboplatin, carbo with gemzar, and the upcoming ...

Ketoconazole for Granulosa Cell Tumor GCT

Rachel_Ann
  • By Rachel_Ann · New reply March 18, 2013
  • 10 replies
  • I wanted to get this "out there" - we, who are women with GCT, - a rare kind of ovarian cancer which is often mistreated - or not treated at all - don't often have access to accurate information - not ...

nanobee hope

carolann845
  • By carolann845 · New reply March 17, 2013
  • 1 reply
  • it seems this technology has been offered as a viable, hope for cancer treatment for over 5 years with the 'human trials' taking place??????? my adult child is at the end of her rope, having suffered ...

Braca1

Carrolee
  • By Carrolee · New reply March 15, 2013
  • 5 replies
  • Has anyone had experience with non iV for ovarian cancer. Meds directly injected into abdomen ? I. Had my first treatment IV with Doxil. I have pain in my belly and wonder if the Doxil isn't working and ...

AMG 386 by Amgen, Inc

Minden
  • By Minden · New reply March 4, 2013
  • 8 replies
  • I am a newly diagnosed ovarian cancer patient that has been offered the Clinical Trial AMG 386 by Amgen, Inc. I have a 20 page document produced by Amgen to read concerning this chemo drug.......however ...

another new trial

JoJoD
  • By JoJoD · Posted February 21, 2013
  • 0 replies
  • a friend of mine, stage 4 ovca, is getting ready to start on a new clinical trial called EGEN..has anyone heard of this ...

Anyone who is on BMN 673, a PARP Inhibitor clinical trial

Sunny123
  • By Sunny123 · New reply February 17, 2013
  • 9 replies
  • I recall someone who was on the BMN637 PARP inhibitor clinical trial from UK and had good response, I would like to know how the trial goes. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks Sunny123 ...

Ovarian Tumor Vaccine results

Hanan
  • By Hanan · New reply February 16, 2013
  • 19 replies
  • I know last week someone was asking about the vaccine at University of Pensylvania- this press release might interest you http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Rele ases ...

Reminder-Teleconference tomorrow about Clinical Trials

Barbara_C
  • By Barbara_C · Posted February 6, 2013
  • 0 replies
  • Thurs., Feb 7, 8-9:30 PM (NY Time) A national toll-free teleconference about clinical trials for breast, ovarian and gynecological cancers. Topics will include: What are clinical trials? What are the ...

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