DawnB Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Cuba approves, makes available lung cancer vaccine Does anyone know if this CimaVax EGF is in trials in the US or Canada? It sounds promising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokenarrow Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 I asked my oncologist about it Friday. He said that it hasn't been made available to them yet and as soon as it becomes available, he'll give it to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaroleHammett Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Hi, Dawn and Will. There is an entire series of postings on this subject beginning June 25, 2008 in the Lung Cancer in the News forum at: http://lungevity.org/l_community/viewtopic.php?t=37613 At this time the only way to get it in the US is when the clincial trials start, but as is noted in the above thread, there are eased restrictions for U.S. residents to get it from Cuba. Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe B Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 These vaccines are showing very real promise. I am leaning on doing a vaccine study soon for my next round of treatment. I just need to know those I qualify for and the advantages/ disadvantages of each. I do NOT want to be part of a double blind study (Placebo vs. treatment) Joe B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyW Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 The FDA and Clical trials.gov have nothing as of this day!! This could take a while what with politics and Bearacracy in Washington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry's Wife Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 It's sickens me that politics will prevent US citizens from being able to have access to this. My husband is dying. Multitudes have died already. How many more must die before we get our act together? Lung cancer knows no borders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welthy Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Here are two links to Dr. West's comments at CancerGRACE.org on CimaVax EGF: Dated April 16, 2008 - http://cancergrace.org/lung/2008/04/16/ ... ine-trial/ Dated June 29, 2008 with above link embedded in response: http://cancergrace.org/lung/2008/04/16/ ... ine-trial/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaroleHammett Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Thanks to all who have chimed in on this one. I just replied as well to the other thread on this subject at http://lungevity.org/l_community/viewtopic.php?t=37613 But in the meantime, I'd appreciate all the education any and all can provide on vaccines, as well as how to book a trip to Cuba! ) Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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