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12-21-2003, 01:05 PM

Candace,
There are several clinical trials with Herceptin for patients who are not yet Stage IV.

You cannot find any data because there is none yet. Herceptin has only been approved for 5 years and when it was approved, it was only for Stage IV bc patients.

There are several clinical trials for Stage, I, II and III patients to explore if Herceptin can prevent recurrance. These were just started about 2 years ago and it will probably be several more year before the data from these trials is published.

Below is a link to Genentech outlining their trials,

http://www.gene.com/gene/pipeline/trials/

And there is a link below to other NIH sponsored trials.

12-21-2003, 01:05 PM	#2
Christine Guest Posts: n/a	Candace, There are several clinical trials with Herceptin for patients who are not yet Stage IV. You cannot find any data because there is none yet. Herceptin has only been approved for 5 years and when it was approved, it was only for Stage IV bc patients. There are several clinical trials for Stage, I, II and III patients to explore if Herceptin can prevent recurrance. These were just started about 2 years ago and it will probably be several more year before the data from these trials is published. Below is a link to Genentech outlining their trials, http://www.gene.com/gene/pipeline/trials/ And there is a link below to other NIH sponsored trials.