I contacted Mass. General/Dana Faber and Dr. Kenneth Anderson MD regarding his clinical trial of the Oncpep's
Phase 1/2a Study of Cancer Vaccine for Smoldering MM. I met most of the initial requirements but did not qualify for one of the first 13 slots! Besides my wife was about to have a fit, telling me I might end up like the vampires in the "I am legend" movie. What kept me out of the trial is my BMB is ranging from 12.5 percent to 6% depending upon which spot they drill into in my hip! The Doctors at UAMS tell me that biopsys are like drilling for oil, Sometime you strike the motherload and sometimes you hit a dry hole!!!! I hope for all dry holes from here on out!
Besides that, this week I had my 4 mg of Zometa on MLK day and had some flu like symptoms but now await my latest local Bloodwork results next week!!!
Anyone interested should type in
Clinicaltrials.gov/phase 1/2a Smouldering Myeloma Vaccines PVX 410
Hi Keith,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing what you found out re: the vaccine - that's interesting, so in order to qualify for the trial you must have to have had 10% or greater on each biopsy? My doctor also talked about drilling for oil/biopsies...my first biopsy was 10-15% and he thought we just hit a "hot spot" - unforntunately my second was still 10% so no such luck! Sorry to hear you didn't feel well after your infusion...that stinks.
Take care,
Elizabeth