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Originally Posted by Peachy
My husband is very encouraged.
We are so glad we went for a second opinion, because had he started with Revlimid alone as suggested, he would have not been even considered for clinical trial (below). We are also thankful to our Doc for getting us the appointment for the second opinion so quickly.
Yesterday we met with the University of Colorado, had an additional BMB, and he is being considered for 2 trials.
One is for the gene mutation of IDH - which he is being checked for (thus the additional BMB), which has the best remission rate, so far.
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I was treated by Dr. Pollyea for a mutated IDH2 gene with a drug(ag221) from Agios. I responded positively, got the blasts down, and had a transplant 7 months ago. There were some bumps in the road to recovery. Today I went to CU hospital. They said I am recovered enough that a local doctor can monitor my condition and no more driving to Aurora. If you are interested I can give you more details. I also had my port removed.
Ray