Re: My Dad -- Avastin and protein levels in urine?...

July 1, 2005

The drug only has a number, not a name. It is CX-3543 developed by

Cylene Pharmaceuticals, a new company created to market this line of

drugs. You need to have a degree in genetics to understand the stuff

on their web site, but in a nut shell, they think they have found a

way to turn off the master oncogene that makes cells cancerous.

If thing go according to schedule I will be the second person in the

trial. It is a phase one trial to determine Maximum Tolerable Dose

(MTD) and Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT). Of course, we'll also be

checking to see if it actually works .

One good thing, there will be one person ahead of me by two weeks,

so I will have a warning in case something bad happens. But, nothing

will go wrong .. go wrong .. go wrong.

-joe-

> Good to see you here again. Do you know what drug they'll be

trying?

> One thing that has given Phil more hope is when the pharmacist

spoke to him

> and told him that even though he's had FOXIL and Avastin should he

max on

> those there are plenty of other things out there. Erbitux being

one as well as a

> bunch of others. I wasn't there so I don't know what they had

discussed but

> still hopeful.

>

> Have a wonderful vacation! Maybe you could post a picture or two

when you

> get back.

> Narice

>

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