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anna4969 · 11-06-2011, 03:20 PM

Hi Ellie,

HLA factor is basically a gene/antigen typing. In my understanding you are either positive or negative. It is not unlike blood typing whereby you are only one blood type that doesn't change throughout your lifetime. Testing is just a simple blood test. The trial would pay for this test if you decided to pariticpate. I traveled from Wis. to Texas for the trial and did not want to make an unnecessary trip if I tested HLA-(for my trial you had to be HLA+) and so I asked my onc if he would test me here. He did and so I knew up front what my type was. So if you are traveling, you might want to give that a thought. But like Sandra mentioned, that is the beauty of the Walter Reed Trial, you can be either to participate.

I agree with Lizbeth and Sandra....Yeah for everyone that is considering a vaccine trial!! And ElizabethTX, thanks for starting this thread too.

11-06-2011, 03:20 PM	#2
anna4969 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 72	Re: Vaccine trial update Hi Ellie, HLA factor is basically a gene/antigen typing. In my understanding you are either positive or negative. It is not unlike blood typing whereby you are only one blood type that doesn't change throughout your lifetime. Testing is just a simple blood test. The trial would pay for this test if you decided to pariticpate. I traveled from Wis. to Texas for the trial and did not want to make an unnecessary trip if I tested HLA-(for my trial you had to be HLA+) and so I asked my onc if he would test me here. He did and so I knew up front what my type was. So if you are traveling, you might want to give that a thought. But like Sandra mentioned, that is the beauty of the Walter Reed Trial, you can be either to participate. I agree with Lizbeth and Sandra....Yeah for everyone that is considering a vaccine trial!! And ElizabethTX, thanks for starting this thread too.