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Old Thu Aug 16, 2012, 05:27 PM
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Worst news ever

Just got this email from clinical trial nurse:
Unfortunately, blasts increased to 25-30% on his bone marrow. Sorry for this sad news. Dr. Komrokji advises him to stop the eltrombopag immediately. He is being taken off study."
Still trying to process.
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Linda, Al's wife, 75; dx MDS 5/2010; Vidaza 6/2010; ARRY614 & Sapacitabine clinical trials at Emory, no results, stopped 12/2011. Had BMB at NIH on 6/5/12, blasts 10-15% so he's not eligible for trial there. :eek Promacta trial, Tampa, blasts 25-30% 8/17/12 AML, trying Dacogen now and praying.
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