Happy Halloween!!!
After making another 3 1/2 hour drive to San Francisco this past Monday, we weren't able to get anything finalized but we found out a little more about the trial I'm going to do. This is a phase 1 trial which means that right now, they are trying to find out the appropriate dose to give patients and the best way to administer it. At the beginning of the trial, they start out with a low dose & increase as they monitor any side-effects. Luckily for me, they are very close to the end of phase 1, meaning that I will be getting the highest amount of virus, given over the longest time rather than a small dose that might not have any effect on my tumor. Right now they are just adjusting the amount of steroid to be given with the virus.
Each time they make a change to the protocol, i.e, a dosing change or change to how they administer it, they call it a new amendment and have to get it approved by some board who oversees human trials to make sure they are following ethical practices. They just finished the 14th amendment and will be starting the 15th soon which I will be on. We do not know my surgery date yet, but it will be sometime after November 10th, probably either that week or the next.
In the meantime, I'm just going about life as usual :) Going to a pub for a Halloween Trivia night tonight!
You all have fun taking the kiddos out for trick-or-treating and getting into whatever trouble you big kids might find yourselves in!!!
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