is compassionate use ever granted for stage IIIb?
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is compassionate use ever granted for stage IIIb?

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    • November 22, 2016 at 11:48 pm
    mitranaaseh
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      wondering if anyone has any experience with getting compassionate use for stage IIIb?  how do we go about getting this?  hoping to get Keytruda.

      thank you for any guidance

       

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        • November 23, 2016 at 12:15 am
        jennunicorn
        Participant

          Probably only for unresectable, but typically with unresectable stage 3 you can get the PD-1 drugs anyway, since they're approved for unresectable stage 3 and stage 4.

          Since after having the cancer removed, and there's no sign of cancer in scans, making one NED, then I don't think compassionate use would be used. I believe you have to have active cancer to get compassionate use drugs if they're not approved in your country.

          • November 23, 2016 at 12:15 am
          jennunicorn
          Participant

            Probably only for unresectable, but typically with unresectable stage 3 you can get the PD-1 drugs anyway, since they're approved for unresectable stage 3 and stage 4.

            Since after having the cancer removed, and there's no sign of cancer in scans, making one NED, then I don't think compassionate use would be used. I believe you have to have active cancer to get compassionate use drugs if they're not approved in your country.

            • November 23, 2016 at 12:15 am
            jennunicorn
            Participant

              Probably only for unresectable, but typically with unresectable stage 3 you can get the PD-1 drugs anyway, since they're approved for unresectable stage 3 and stage 4.

              Since after having the cancer removed, and there's no sign of cancer in scans, making one NED, then I don't think compassionate use would be used. I believe you have to have active cancer to get compassionate use drugs if they're not approved in your country.

              • November 23, 2016 at 10:24 pm
              Janner
              Participant

                Compassionate use is not typically given for anyone who is not advanced disease – certainly not as adjuvant therapy.  If you were stage IV, you wouldn't need to ask for compassionate use for Keytruda as it is already available.  Compassionate use is typically used for new drugs that are not FDA approved yet and the person in question has tried all other available approved treatments.  Compassionate use of a new drug may be something that would save a life if the drug showed promising early trial results.

                • November 23, 2016 at 10:24 pm
                Janner
                Participant

                  Compassionate use is not typically given for anyone who is not advanced disease – certainly not as adjuvant therapy.  If you were stage IV, you wouldn't need to ask for compassionate use for Keytruda as it is already available.  Compassionate use is typically used for new drugs that are not FDA approved yet and the person in question has tried all other available approved treatments.  Compassionate use of a new drug may be something that would save a life if the drug showed promising early trial results.

                  • November 23, 2016 at 10:24 pm
                  Janner
                  Participant

                    Compassionate use is not typically given for anyone who is not advanced disease – certainly not as adjuvant therapy.  If you were stage IV, you wouldn't need to ask for compassionate use for Keytruda as it is already available.  Compassionate use is typically used for new drugs that are not FDA approved yet and the person in question has tried all other available approved treatments.  Compassionate use of a new drug may be something that would save a life if the drug showed promising early trial results.

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