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      • March 22, 2012 at 2:23 pm
      ddevito1224
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        My friend is in the GSK Braf/Mek trial for a little over a year and has heard that there are people still on it from the beginning. However, not sure if they are melanoma patients as trial combines several types of solid cancers.  They also have an arm of BRAF failure folks who moved over from that clinical trial once they reached disease progression…she is in that arm and still responding.

        • March 22, 2012 at 2:23 pm
        ddevito1224
        Participant

          My friend is in the GSK Braf/Mek trial for a little over a year and has heard that there are people still on it from the beginning. However, not sure if they are melanoma patients as trial combines several types of solid cancers.  They also have an arm of BRAF failure folks who moved over from that clinical trial once they reached disease progression…she is in that arm and still responding.

          • March 22, 2012 at 2:23 pm
          ddevito1224
          Participant

            My friend is in the GSK Braf/Mek trial for a little over a year and has heard that there are people still on it from the beginning. However, not sure if they are melanoma patients as trial combines several types of solid cancers.  They also have an arm of BRAF failure folks who moved over from that clinical trial once they reached disease progression…she is in that arm and still responding.

            • September 16, 2011 at 6:11 pm
            ddevito1224
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              Hello,

              My friend was on GSK's braf drug and started to progress…she had mets in lungs, liver, pancreas and lymph node. Doc moved her immediately to BRAF/MEK combo trial. All her mets are now gone save for the pancreas which has shrunk to be barely visible. I would recommend the combo trial if you can get in one.

              • September 16, 2011 at 6:11 pm
              ddevito1224
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                Hello,

                My friend was on GSK's braf drug and started to progress…she had mets in lungs, liver, pancreas and lymph node. Doc moved her immediately to BRAF/MEK combo trial. All her mets are now gone save for the pancreas which has shrunk to be barely visible. I would recommend the combo trial if you can get in one.

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