Because the decision to participate in an experimental mesothelioma clinical trial is such a complex one requiring a lot of thought and planning, this month for our monthly experimental clinical trial blog post, we are presenting you with one that hasn’t even started recruiting yet. The research scientists and the drug company they are teaming with for this mesothelioma clinical trial are still getting all their ducks in a row. But it’s been listed on the U.S. government’s official clinical trial website so it’s a go. This may be a good chance to get in on the ground floor with enough time to … [Read more...]
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Progression-Free Mesothelioma Survival Study Recruiting Patients
Progression-free mesothelioma survival – living with the disease without it becoming worse - remains an elusive goal but that doesn’t mean it is an impossible goal. Top scientific researchers all over the world continue to work towards finding a way to promise progression-free mesothelioma but it remains a matter of experimental trial and error. Clinical trial and error to be exact. You can choose to be part of this process. On the first Monday of every month we provide you with a National Institutes of Health(NIH)/ National Cancer Institute (NCI)-approved clinical trial that is actively … [Read more...]
Mesothelioma Treatment Clinical Trial in Mexico City Recruiting Participants
Eager to try a mesothelioma treatment not offered in the US, American movie star Steve McQueen journeyed to Mexico in 1980. Unfortunately, the outlandish treatments that McQueen tried at the time - including shampoos and injections with cells from cows and sheep - failed to help him. There was no completely effective mesothelioma treatment then just as there is no completely effective mesothelioma treatment now. But in the nearly 35 years since that time there have been strides made by science in researching a cure for this terrible disease. And Mexico is rapidly developing capabilities in … [Read more...]
New Mesothelioma Clinical Trial Gives You a Shot in the Arm to Fight Mesothelioma
All those who struggle with asbestos-caused disease run into the same wall – there are few ways to fight mesothelioma. That is why we need to continue looking for any openings in that wall and do our best to help expand them into bigger and better ways to fight mesothelioma. We need to help tear down that wall through mesothelioma clinical trials. One of the ways to help fight mesothelioma is to participate in a mesothelioma clinical trial. In other words, become a guinea pig to help medical researchers on track to help find a cure. How do we know they’re on track? Their call for study … [Read more...]
Fighting Mesothelioma With the Measles – Mayo Clinic/NCI Mesothelioma Clinical Trial
Just like the saying, “Fight fire with fire,” a mesothelioma clinical trial now recruiting participants is looking into fighting mesothelioma with the measles. But don’t worry; the scientists are not going to give you a case of the measles. Specifically, they are investigating fighting mesothelioma by using a specific measles virus to vanquish malignant mesothelioma cells. Although the study first started getting underway a couple of years ago, it is now in the phase of actively looking for mesothelioma patients interested in trying this novel approach to fighting … [Read more...]
New Mesothelioma Clinical Trial Needs Recruits With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma gets its name from being a cancer of the cells that line many of the body’s internal organs. This protective lining is called the mesothelium. Pleural mesothelioma is a cancer of the pleura, the outer lining of the lungs that also covers the inner side of the chest wall and rib cage. Inhaling asbestos fibers can cause mesothelioma so it is understandable that the lining of the lungs would be the most likely place to be damaged from asbestos exposure. Unfortunately, it can be difficult for doctors to treat pleural mesothelioma. Researchers are looking for ways to improve … [Read more...]
National Cancer Institute Now Recruiting For Mesothelioma Clinical Trial
For mesothelioma patients and their families, the possibility of the discovery of new mesothelioma treatments remains a ray of hope. But it can also be a frustrating wait. That's where a mesothelioma clinical trial comes in. In the popular current movie Dallas Buyers Club, a Texas rodeo rider who receives a diagnosis of HIV becomes frustrated with the limited treatments available to him. Instead of waiting for new drugs to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), he drives down to Mexico to seek out experimental unapproved treatments and brings back large quantities to sell to … [Read more...]
Mesothelioma Clinical Trial – Do Your Genes Put You at Risk?
As a mesothelioma patient, you know all too well the frustration that persists over the helplessness and many unknown factors that surround the disease. But what if as a mesothelioma patient you could join other mesothelioma patients all across the United States in accomplishing something significant in the fight against mesothelioma? What if you could contribute to scientific knowledge through a mesothelioma clinical trial that could help prevent someone else from becoming a mesothelioma patient in the future? Well, now you can. And if the names Sloan Kettering, Mayo Clinic and Johns … [Read more...]