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lucywang.ca · 07-23-2015, 06:36 PM

Juls, Debbie, and Karen. Thank you so much for your replies and the information you have provided, I was so afraid that my post may have gone unanswered. Your replies are very comforting to me at my time of need.

To answer your questions,
- I am in Toronto, Ontario
- My blood tests indicated everything is normal (liver, kidney, WBC, electrolytes, platelets)

According to my current oncologist:
“In Ontario, the medical coverage insurance plan indicates that once a drug has been deemed ineffective (while on the drug, cancer progressed) the patient can no longer be administered the drug.” BUT, the cancer spread to my brain during the time I was *waiting* for platelet levels to pick back up in these past 7 months, not while I was on the drug.

I will be heading to my family doctor to seek for a second opinion, hoping that other doctors will help me get TDM1, through petitioning this “law”

Do any of you know whether Canadians can participate in clinical trials in the United States? What are the cost associated with that?

07-23-2015, 06:36 PM	#5
lucywang.ca Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 7	Re: Don't want to give up TDM-1 Juls, Debbie, and Karen. Thank you so much for your replies and the information you have provided, I was so afraid that my post may have gone unanswered. Your replies are very comforting to me at my time of need. To answer your questions, - I am in Toronto, Ontario - My blood tests indicated everything is normal (liver, kidney, WBC, electrolytes, platelets) According to my current oncologist: “In Ontario, the medical coverage insurance plan indicates that once a drug has been deemed ineffective (while on the drug, cancer progressed) the patient can no longer be administered the drug.” BUT, the cancer spread to my brain during the time I was waiting for platelet levels to pick back up in these past 7 months, not while I was on the drug. I will be heading to my family doctor to seek for a second opinion, hoping that other doctors will help me get TDM1, through petitioning this “law” Do any of you know whether Canadians can participate in clinical trials in the United States? What are the cost associated with that?