New vaccine trial starting

michele u · 08-19-2006, 09:43 PM

I went to Seattle for my last visit from the Her2 vaccine. I was hoping that they had a booster vaccine in the makes i could get. Well, i got even better news. Dr. Salazar is writing a new trial, starting in October. It will be a virus based vaccine instead on a DNA based vaccine. Our bodies recognize virus as being foreign so our immune system sets up attack mode. this vaccine trial will target 4 proteins instead on the one Her2 that my vaccine trial did. Dr. Salazar even thought of us women that have already done the DNA vaccine, she did not put in the exclusion that us that have already taken a vaccine can't get it. So she was thinking of us and we can participate. She thinks we might even convert a response faster since we had the Her2 vaccine. Great things on the way gals!! get on www.tumorvaccinegroup.org to get Patty Fintak's email if interested

alw · 08-20-2006, 07:14 AM

Thank you so much for the update, Michele.

Do you know if that means the new vaccine will be targeting all four HER factors (EGFR/Her1, Her2, Her3 and Her4)?

Becky · 08-20-2006, 08:09 AM

Michelle

Will the new trials only include Stage 4 or advanced Stage 3? I was wondering when they will open trials for lower stages (like Stage 2)?

Thanks in advance.

Becky

RobinP · 08-20-2006, 09:52 AM

Out in the east coast, the Walter Reed Institute is doing the E75 vaccine, for those interested.Unfortunately, vaccines have many of the same unknown long term side effects as many other cancer tx. that are new.

michele u · 08-20-2006, 12:45 PM

this is a 5T4, Her2 and 2 other protein vaccine. I don't know much about 5T4 but it is present in 80% of tumors. I will let you all know when it opens

mamacze · 08-21-2006, 09:26 PM

Michelle,
Thank you for this update! I will contact Patty this week; you are a doll to share this news with us...
Love Kim fRom CT