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Old 03-30-2012, 07:19 AM   #1
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EMILIA Results Are In , Good News !!

Genentech issued a Press release yesterday , announcing that EMILIA's results show that Herceptin T DM-1 significantly out -performs Tykerb/ Xeloda in terms of PFS, OS pending. We Survivors/ Caregivers also know it will ven more significantly out-perform Tykerb/ Xel. in terms of QOL. We are not surprised, nor are Research Oncologists . The only ones " surprised " are Dr. Pazdur and his T DM-1 " advisors " at This FDA !
At the end of the Press Release , Gen. mentions that they have THIRTY " conjugates " in the pipeline ! Conjugates are genetic drugs with chemo directly attached . T DM-1 is the only one out there right now, but imagine if even a few others come out over the next few yrs !
The down-side is that Gen.'s press release says it will file an application with This FDA " later this yr. " ( Summer ?) . Then This FDA typically will take 6 months to make a decision, which brings us to 2013 !! And Dr. Pazdur , who has been obstinately blocking the drug for 19 months, will make an " im-partial ", " rational " decision ? We think not ! So, that is why we have been callling for HHS to Investigate This FDA , and will continue to speak out. Sign our HHS Petition at signon.org " FDA Blocks Life Saving Drug ". Pass It On !
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Old 03-30-2012, 08:20 AM   #2
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Re: EMILIA Results Are In , Good News !!

Thanks, Phil. I think all the red-tapes were caused by what had happened in the Avastin trial/approval saga. Hopefully T-DM1 will be available soon and we all can benefit.
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Old 03-30-2012, 08:24 AM   #3
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Re: EMILIA Results Are In , Good News !!

Phil,

thanks for being on the case. Here from the EU maybe we should put pressure on the European medical agency which is our FDA here and pressure on both sides can only help me think. 30 conjugates sound like things could be looking up for less toxic treatment ahead, shame some of us will not make it because of the delays and red tapes.

well done again Phil to be on the case
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Old 03-30-2012, 11:15 AM   #4
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Good news for sure. Wish it would hurry up for sure! Agree with FOB that we should put pressure on EU as well but will have to find out the process for doing this. We need to join with sisters in France and other countries.
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Old 03-30-2012, 11:22 AM   #5
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Yeah! I was a participant in this trial. I took Xeloda and Tykerb for almost 10 months and had progression. I am still on the Tykerb.

Thank you Genentech. Come on FDA.

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Old 03-30-2012, 01:35 PM   #6
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Thanks Amelia for taking part.
Without people like you this important research would never happen.
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Old 03-30-2012, 01:39 PM   #7
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Re: EMILIA Results Are In , Good News !!

Yay!! Keep those new treatments coming. . . .
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8/18/14 PET "mixed" again. Upper lungs & one spine met stable, lower lungs less FDG avid, original tumor more avid, one lymph node in mediastinum more avid.
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Old 03-30-2012, 07:15 PM   #8
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gen. will file with both This FDA and the EMA ( FDAs equivalent in Europe ). I am betting that the EMA beats This FDA to full approval.
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Old 03-31-2012, 12:22 PM   #9
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Re: EMILIA Results Are In , Good News !!

phil, I sure won't take that bet from you! But maybe This FDA will finally do the right thing. heaven knows they've had enough time to look at data!
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I have my fingers crossed for approval too !!!!!!!!
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Old 04-03-2012, 08:28 AM   #11
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3 more sigs needed to reach 7,000 on the Petition to Investigate This FDA !! Keep Up The Pressure !!
signon.org , " FDA Blocks Life Saving Drug "
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Old 04-03-2012, 08:49 AM   #12
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Phil,
Could you post the link, please? Hope Lorraine is feeling great, and will speak with you soon.
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Diagnosed: June 2010, liver mets. ER-/PR+10%; HER2+++.
July 2010: Begin Taxol/Herceptin. Eliminate sugar from diet. No surgery or radiation.
January 2011: NED
April 2011: Progression in liver only. Other previous affected areas eradicated. Stop Taxol/Herceptin after 32 infusions.
May 2011: Brain MRI: clear.
May 2011: Begin Tykerb daily, Xeloda twice per day for one week on, one week off, and Herceptin.
November 2011: Progression in liver. All other tumors remain eradicated.
December 2011: BEGIN TRIAL #09-093 Taxol, MCC-DM1 (T-DM1), Perjeta.
Trial requires scans every six weeks, bloodwork and infusions weekly.
Brain MRI: clear.
January 2012: NED. Liver mets, good riddance!
March 2012: NED. Developed SMA (rare blood clot) in intestinal artery and loss of sight in right eye due to optical nerve neuropathy. Resolved when Taxol removed this month.
Continue Protocol of T-DM1 weekly and Perjeta every 3 weeks.
May 2012: NED.
June 2012: Brain MRI: clear.
June-December 2012: NED.
December 2012: TRIAL CONCLUDED; ENTER TRIAL EXTENSION #09-037. CT, Brain MRI, bone scan: clear. NED.
January-March 2013: NED.
June 2013: Brain MRI: clear. CEA upticking; CT shows new met on liver.
July 3, 2013: DISASTER STRIKES during liver ablation: sloppy surgeon cuts intercostal artery and I bleed out, lose 3.5 liters of blood, have major hemothorax, and collapsed lung requiring emergency resuscitative thoracotomy, lung surgery, rib rearrangement and cutting deep connective tissue, transfusion. Ablation incomplete. This life-saving procedure would end up causing me unforgiving pain with every movement I make, permanently, otherwise known as forever.
July 26, 2013: Try Navelbine/Herceptin. Body too weak after surgery and transfusion. Fever. CEA: Normal.
August 16, 2016: second dose Navelbine/Herceptin; CEA: Normal. Will skip doses. Watching and waiting.
September 2013: NED, Herceptin only. CEA: Normal. Started Arimidex.
October-November 2013: NED. Herceptin and Arimidex. CEA, CA125, 15-3: Normal.
December 2013: Something brewing. PET lights up on little spot on liver; CEA upward trend, just outside normal. PET and triphasic liver scan confirm Little Met. Restart Perjeta with Herceptin, stay on Arimidex. Genomic sequencing completed for future treatments, if necessary.
January 2014: Ablate Little Met on the 6th. Happy New Year.
March 2014: Brain MRI: clear. PET/CT reveal liver mets return; new lung mets. This is not funny.
March 2014: BEGIN TRIAL #10-005 A(11)-Temsirolimus plus Neratinib.
April 2014: Genomic testing indicated they could work, they did not. Very strange drug combo for me, felt weird.
April 2014: Started Navelbine and Herceptin. Needed something tried and true, but had significant progression.
June 2014: Doxil and Herceptin.
July 2014: Progression. Got nothing out of it. Brain: NED.
July 2014: Add integrative medical hematologist-oncologist to my team. Begin supplements. These are tumor-busting, immune system boosters. Add glutathione, lysine and taurine IV infusions every three weeks.
July 2014: Begin Gemzar, Herceptin & Perjeta. Happy.
August 2014: ECHO perfect.
January 2015: Begin weekly Vitamin D Analog infusions. 25 mcg. via port.
February 2015: CT: stable.
April 2015: Gem working, but not 100%. Looking into immunotherapy. Finally, treatments for the 21st century!
April 2015: Penn Medicine. Dendritic cell immunotherapy.
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Old 04-03-2012, 12:34 PM   #13
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http://www.signon.org/sign/fda-block...1?r_by=1217564
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Old 04-03-2012, 12:41 PM   #14
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Thanks, Phil. This is the one that circulated earlier, right? I don't want to double sign. PLEASE EVERYONE, just put the above link in your browser and sign this petition, also send it on to your largest bank of friends.
Thank you,
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Graves Disease, became Euthyroid via Radioactive Iodine, June 2001.
Thyroid Eye Disease. 2003. Decompression surgery in 2009; eyelid lowering surgery in 2010.
Diagnosed: June 2010, liver mets. ER-/PR+10%; HER2+++.
July 2010: Begin Taxol/Herceptin. Eliminate sugar from diet. No surgery or radiation.
January 2011: NED
April 2011: Progression in liver only. Other previous affected areas eradicated. Stop Taxol/Herceptin after 32 infusions.
May 2011: Brain MRI: clear.
May 2011: Begin Tykerb daily, Xeloda twice per day for one week on, one week off, and Herceptin.
November 2011: Progression in liver. All other tumors remain eradicated.
December 2011: BEGIN TRIAL #09-093 Taxol, MCC-DM1 (T-DM1), Perjeta.
Trial requires scans every six weeks, bloodwork and infusions weekly.
Brain MRI: clear.
January 2012: NED. Liver mets, good riddance!
March 2012: NED. Developed SMA (rare blood clot) in intestinal artery and loss of sight in right eye due to optical nerve neuropathy. Resolved when Taxol removed this month.
Continue Protocol of T-DM1 weekly and Perjeta every 3 weeks.
May 2012: NED.
June 2012: Brain MRI: clear.
June-December 2012: NED.
December 2012: TRIAL CONCLUDED; ENTER TRIAL EXTENSION #09-037. CT, Brain MRI, bone scan: clear. NED.
January-March 2013: NED.
June 2013: Brain MRI: clear. CEA upticking; CT shows new met on liver.
July 3, 2013: DISASTER STRIKES during liver ablation: sloppy surgeon cuts intercostal artery and I bleed out, lose 3.5 liters of blood, have major hemothorax, and collapsed lung requiring emergency resuscitative thoracotomy, lung surgery, rib rearrangement and cutting deep connective tissue, transfusion. Ablation incomplete. This life-saving procedure would end up causing me unforgiving pain with every movement I make, permanently, otherwise known as forever.
July 26, 2013: Try Navelbine/Herceptin. Body too weak after surgery and transfusion. Fever. CEA: Normal.
August 16, 2016: second dose Navelbine/Herceptin; CEA: Normal. Will skip doses. Watching and waiting.
September 2013: NED, Herceptin only. CEA: Normal. Started Arimidex.
October-November 2013: NED. Herceptin and Arimidex. CEA, CA125, 15-3: Normal.
December 2013: Something brewing. PET lights up on little spot on liver; CEA upward trend, just outside normal. PET and triphasic liver scan confirm Little Met. Restart Perjeta with Herceptin, stay on Arimidex. Genomic sequencing completed for future treatments, if necessary.
January 2014: Ablate Little Met on the 6th. Happy New Year.
March 2014: Brain MRI: clear. PET/CT reveal liver mets return; new lung mets. This is not funny.
March 2014: BEGIN TRIAL #10-005 A(11)-Temsirolimus plus Neratinib.
April 2014: Genomic testing indicated they could work, they did not. Very strange drug combo for me, felt weird.
April 2014: Started Navelbine and Herceptin. Needed something tried and true, but had significant progression.
June 2014: Doxil and Herceptin.
July 2014: Progression. Got nothing out of it. Brain: NED.
July 2014: Add integrative medical hematologist-oncologist to my team. Begin supplements. These are tumor-busting, immune system boosters. Add glutathione, lysine and taurine IV infusions every three weeks.
July 2014: Begin Gemzar, Herceptin & Perjeta. Happy.
August 2014: ECHO perfect.
January 2015: Begin weekly Vitamin D Analog infusions. 25 mcg. via port.
February 2015: CT: stable.
April 2015: Gem working, but not 100%. Looking into immunotherapy. Finally, treatments for the 21st century!
April 2015: Penn Medicine. Dendritic cell immunotherapy.
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Old 04-03-2012, 04:40 PM   #15
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Yes. I was a little off , we need about 90 sigs to get to 7,000.
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Old 04-05-2012, 02:45 PM   #16
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Thanks Phil and will share on a UK site I moderate as full of beans mentioned to get the word out here and also on my FB!
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Old 04-07-2012, 12:37 AM   #17
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I just signed it and passed on to family and friends. Thank you for the link.
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11/09 Weekly Taxol & Herceptin.
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2/10 CT scan showed NO CHANGE.
3/10 PET scan came up NED.
4/10-10/10 Continued on Herceptin, 3 week cycle.
11/10 Blood test reveals Liver enzymes are high. CT, suggests progression
12/10 Changed doctors. TDM1 Trial or Tykerb/ Xeloda?
1/11 Tissue expander-could not qualify for trial.
2/11 -5/11 Tykerb/Xeloda -neuropathy -not working.
8/11Pulmonary Embolism -Now on daily shots
5/11-10-11 Everolimus & Navelbine &Herceptin trial Removed- Pul Emb, liver progression &fatty
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