E75 Vaccine
 

I will attempt to attach some recent articles on this vaccinehttp://patient.cancerconsultants.com/news.aspx?id=35147

http:///www.jco.org/cgi/content/abst....2005.03.047v1

Maureen Pavlik is the trial nurse and contact. Her information is as follows:
Maureen Pavlik RN,BS,CCN
Vaccine Case Manager JMBCC
Windber Medical Center
(814) 467-0044
866 253-4703
fax (814) 467-0725

If you have military benefits the trial is conducted in the DC area. If not, the trial is conducted in the Pittsburgh area.

Kim in DC

Kim,
Thanks for your reply. I think it is also safe to finish Herceptin prior to vaccine. The only disadvantage with this is that you have to stay in Winber for 2 full days after vaccine administration. I don't think that was the case for Seattle. I will keep you posted on what happens. Good luck.
Anne

Kim,

Is there a cost to this vaccine?

Thanks, Al

No cost
 

There is no cost that I know of other than travel. I live in DC but because I am not military, I have to travel to PA.

The big issue with this trial is that you can not take Herceptin at the same time. I wrote Dr. Peoples and he told me that herceptin works synergistically with the vaccine. When I spoke with him last, he had just filed with the FDA for Herceptin to be used with the vaccine. Right now, it's sitting on someones desk.

Kim

Hi everyone,

I also looked into the PA vaccine trial. Maureen, the vaccine nurse, said that she'll have an update in early December re: ability to enroll people who are still receiving Herceptin for early-stage bc.

Jen

Dear Kim,

Do you know what is the difference of this Vaccin with the one at UW Seattle?

Sherri

I apologize but I do not. I think Michelle U did some research on that subject.

Kim

Vaccine
 

Is this the Her 2 protien auto vac, or something different?