Hi Michele - I was in the trial for a her2 vaccine at UW. This was the GlaxoSmithKline trial, just adminsitered by UW (Dr. Disis, Dr Salazar and Andrea York).
I had to be her2+, 1 or more +ve nodes, never to have had Herceptin, no metastasis.
I live in Vancouver, WA and took Amtrak (about a 3 hour ride). I stayed at the Best Western University Tower, and would walk about 5 blocks to the UWMC van pick-up site for the free 5 minute ride to the hospital. I love the hotel, and the hospital rate was $89. If it wasn't crowded they upgraded me to a higher floor - great views.
I had 5 vaccines (supposed to be 6 but one got "defrosted" in transport!) Along with other check-up/blood draws/muga scans, I made about 10 visits over the course of 10 months. I had no side effects other than itchy, bit sore thigh (injection site). I really enjoyed getting to know Seattle, and now my twin sons are freshmen at UW and when we visit we stay at the Best Western - I now know the staff quite well! I began the trial in Jan. 2004, and finished in October.
Hope this helps,
Marianne
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