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02 Feb 06 - 01:54 PM (#1660267) Subject: BS: ZM and clinical trial results From: Zany Mouse A few Catters have PMed or emailed me to ask how the clinical trials (generally) went, so I thought I'd put a thread up about it for those who are interested. As some of you will remember, I was diagnosed with bone cancer just before Easter last year. I volunteered to go on a clinical trial involving stem cell therapy and T-cells. Thankfully I came through relatively unscathed and assumed the stem cells had done their stuff. I had a follow up today and was told that only 3 volunteers had come through, out of an initial 50. 2 had left the course and there is no information about them. The oncologists say that they think the 3 lucky ones had simply gone into remission and it had nothing to do with the trials. They are reviewing the data they have received but they think it unlikely that more trials will be carried out for this particular form of cancer. Isn't it sad that so much hope and research (OK, and money)went into this project, to have hopes dashed at this stage? Rhiannon |
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02 Feb 06 - 02:19 PM (#1660289) Subject: RE: BS: ZM and clinical trial results From: Bunnahabhain Well done for voulnteering, and for getting better, regardless of the cause. It is the fate of most new drugs and treatments to be unsucessful. They work on cells, but the sheer number of systems in your body mean it is very hard to know if something will work. |
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02 Feb 06 - 02:53 PM (#1660329) Subject: RE: BS: ZM and clinical trial results From: wysiwyg I am not sure ZM is telling us that she "got better." What's your situation, ZM? ~S~ |
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02 Feb 06 - 04:17 PM (#1660393) Subject: RE: BS: ZM and clinical trial results From: Zany Mouse Hi. Sorry, Wysiwyg, I thought you had seen previous posts. Yes, I'm one of the lucky three! Yyyyiiiipppppeeee Rhiannon |
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02 Feb 06 - 04:19 PM (#1660395) Subject: RE: BS: ZM and clinical trial results From: Peace YEAH, YES, WONDERFUL and WOW! |
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02 Feb 06 - 04:26 PM (#1660402) Subject: RE: BS: ZM and clinical trial results From: Ebbie Beautiful to see something work! It's sad that experiments and field trials fail so many but on an individual basis, as they say, never give up. Congratulations, Rhiannon. |
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02 Feb 06 - 05:36 PM (#1660451) Subject: RE: BS: ZM and clinical trial results From: wysiwyg Just be WELL, no matter how it came about, Rhiannon! ~S~ |
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02 Feb 06 - 06:58 PM (#1660512) Subject: RE: BS: ZM and clinical trial results From: nutty Great news ..... an extra ingredient may have been the "terror" working his magic. (the dog I mean ... not Mick **grin**) |