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teleprivir and waiting????
Had my biopsy yesterday. The Dr. said that my tissue "looked good" and he wanted me to think about "waiting" for treatment. He is doing a teleprivir trial starting this summer for 1b patients that have never had any previous treatment. We were going to start immediately on the current SOC. I'll get my actual results on Wednesday, so I will actually have more to go on then.
What do you guys think? Is the teleprivir an injection, or a pill? How about side effects?
I am hoping that the doc stating my tissue looked good is indicative of a good report!!!!
Appreciate all the support out there! I was really scared about the biopsy, but this forum convinced me I needed to do it. You guys are a great support system.. I'll do my best to contribute what I can to the forum as well!!
Jean
What do you guys think? Is the teleprivir an injection, or a pill? How about side effects?
I am hoping that the doc stating my tissue looked good is indicative of a good report!!!!
Appreciate all the support out there! I was really scared about the biopsy, but this forum convinced me I needed to do it. You guys are a great support system.. I'll do my best to contribute what I can to the forum as well!!
Jean
Trials do have pro's and cons - one of them being you don't usually have access to the so called "rescue drugs" that come in very important if you should need help with the hemolytic anemia that we oftentimes get. But if you do get the triple cocktail you will perhaps have a better chance at killing the disease quicker - although you may have much more problems with the side effects (you won't have "less" because you are hopefully adding on a drug not replacing one).
Also - you need to be in the correct version of the trial and you don't get to pick. Some don't include all three of the drugs and this is a very big disadvantage - you NEED at least the interferon and ribavirin (SOC) in order to have a chance to clear the virus. Adding on the telepravir is one thing but losing the riba.........well that is something you most definitely positively don't want to happen. If you should fail and need to treat again it would be a disadvantage as you could developed a resistance and it would be harder.
That said - as Andiamo can tell you for him it was an absolute miracle.
You need to find out exactly what your biopsy is. Telling you your tissue looks good means nothing at all really. You need to call the doc and ask him what stage and grade you are. THEN you can make a much better educated decision on waiting or not waiting etc. (although honestly six months either way shouldn't most likely matter very much).
I treated for 72 weeks and have been cured for almost two years. I did regular treatment but my viral load didn't go down quickly enough so I opted (begged to) do longer but in most cases as a geno 1b you have a 50/50 chance of success and only have to treat for 48 weeks.
It's all a big giant gamble - there are no guarantees unfortunatly with this disease but getting the most information you can will help you make the best decision.
Get the biopsy results first thing!
Good luck.
Also - you need to be in the correct version of the trial and you don't get to pick. Some don't include all three of the drugs and this is a very big disadvantage - you NEED at least the interferon and ribavirin (SOC) in order to have a chance to clear the virus. Adding on the telepravir is one thing but losing the riba.........well that is something you most definitely positively don't want to happen. If you should fail and need to treat again it would be a disadvantage as you could developed a resistance and it would be harder.
That said - as Andiamo can tell you for him it was an absolute miracle.
You need to find out exactly what your biopsy is. Telling you your tissue looks good means nothing at all really. You need to call the doc and ask him what stage and grade you are. THEN you can make a much better educated decision on waiting or not waiting etc. (although honestly six months either way shouldn't most likely matter very much).
I treated for 72 weeks and have been cured for almost two years. I did regular treatment but my viral load didn't go down quickly enough so I opted (begged to) do longer but in most cases as a geno 1b you have a 50/50 chance of success and only have to treat for 48 weeks.
It's all a big giant gamble - there are no guarantees unfortunatly with this disease but getting the most information you can will help you make the best decision.
Get the biopsy results first thing!
Good luck.
I am geno 1b stage 1 1mil VL.On 9/25/08 I am starting PHASE 3 STUDY OF TELAPREVIR IN COMBINATION WITH INTERFERON AND RIBAVIRIN TREATMENT . Need some feedback from anybody who has completed
PHASE 2 STUDY.
PHASE 2 STUDY.
SOC = Standard of Care (regular treatment drugs) in this case the regular drugs are interferon & ribavirin
My doctor is wanting to put me in a study trial for telaprivir. It is not on the market yet. I am a 1b, and it seems to be my best chance for clearing the virus.
Jean
Jean
Your comment on telaprevir is interesting - is it already on the market or are you on a special study? can you tell me what SOC stands for (french girl and not familiar with a lot of abreviations used in this forum!)
thank you
thank you
you don't even know what your bx results are yet...sounds to me that you may do ok with your results...if you do good why not wait for tx in the future?....i know i get anxous to tx but have waited two years now and i think i'll wait a little longer to see how things go with all the new stuff out there...keep in mind lots of folks have sx after tx...some do real well...maybe if i was a better geno to tx i might go for it..but 1a i would at least think about waiting a couple years...i know whether to tx or not depends on lots of things though.....billy
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