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#1 LivingWellWithCML

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Posted 25 October 2011 - 01:13 PM

Question of the day:

  • Person: "Why does Novartis charge so much for their drugs?"
  • Dr. Mauro: "...while perhaps we cannot change the pricing, there are patient assistant programs out there..."

Always a tough question to ask when CML therapies are manufactured for a relatively small number of patients and by for-profit pharmaceutical companies.

A couple of highlights that I found interesting:

  • He did mention that for chronic phase patients who are responding well to treatment, perhaps only 1 or 2 (or a "limited number of") BMBs are needed, thus implying that peripheral blood is a good option for ongoing monitoring for treatment.  Still makes me wonder if I should 'push' my specialist for another BMB before the one-year point, because I don't think he's planning on doing one.
  • He mentioned the two largest stop-TKI trials and that ~ 40% of the participants in the trials have been able to stay off treatment.  But we do need a tool to predict who might relapse, and/or are lower risk for relapse after stopping treatment.  They also aren't sure how 'quality' the regained response is when someone relapses, then re-starts the TKI.

Pretty nice offering from the LLS this afternoon.  Very cool for Dr. Mauro to donate his time for a bunch of questions from the multilingual audience.


Dan - Atlanta, GA

CML CP Diagnosed March 2011

Gleevec 400mg


#2 CallMeLucky

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Posted 25 October 2011 - 05:07 PM

Dr. Mauro is a unique individual.  I don't know that I have ever met a doctor who so genuinely cares about not only his patients, but all CML patients.  You can see it in his face and hear it in his voice.  He is trully invested in the people who deal with this illness.


Date  -  Lab  -  Scale  -  Drug  -  Dosage MG  - PCR
2010/Jul -  MSKCC  -  Non-IS  -  Gleevec  - 400 - 1.2%
2010/Oct -  MSKCC  -  Non-IS  -  Gleevec  - 400 - 0.25%
2010/Dec -  MSKCC  -  Non-IS  -  Gleevec  - 400 - 0.367%
2011/Mar -  MSKCC  -  Non-IS  -  Gleevec  - 400 - 0.0081%
2011/Jun -  MSKCC  -  Non-IS  -  Gleevec  - 400 - 0%
2011/Sep -  MSKCC  -  Non-IS  -  Gleevec  - 400 - 0.00084%
2011/Dec -  MSKCC  -  Non-IS  -  Gleevec  - 400 - 0%
2012/Mar -  MSKCC  -  Non-IS  -  Gleevec  - 400 - 0.004%
2012/Jun -  MSKCC  -  Non-IS  -  Gleevec  - 400 - 0%
2012/Sep -  MSKCC  -  Non-IS  -  Gleevec  - 400 - 0%
2012/Dec -  MSKCC  -  Non-IS  -  Sprycel  - 100 - 0%
2013/Jan -  Quest  -  IS  -  Sprycel  -  50-60-70  - 0%
2013/Mar -  Quest  -  IS  -  Sprycel  -  60-70  - 0%
2013/Apr -  CUMC  -  Non-IS  -  Sprycel  - 50 - 0.036%
2013/May -  CUMC  -  Non-IS  -  Sprycel  - 50 - 0.046%
2013/Jun -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 50 - 0.0239%
2013/Jul -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 70 - 0.0192%
2013/Jul -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 70 - 0.0034%
2013/Oct -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 70 - 0.0054%
2014/Jan -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 70 - 0.0093%
2014/Mar -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 100 - 0.013%
2014/Apr -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 100 - 0.0048%
2014/Jul -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 100 - 0%
2014/Nov -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 100 - 0.047%
2014/Dec -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 100 - 0%
2015/Mar -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 100 - 0%
2015/Jun -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 100 - 0%
2015/Sep -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 100 - 0%
2015/Dec -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 100 - 0%
2016/Mar -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 100 - 0.0228%
2016/Jun -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 100 - 0%
2016/Sep -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 100 - 0%
2016/Dec -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 100 - 0%
2017/Mar -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 100 - 0%
2017/Jun -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 100 - 0%
2017/Sep -  Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  - 100 - 0%
2017/Dec - Genoptix  -  IS  -  Sprycel  -  100 - 0%
 

 


#3 cousineg

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Posted 26 October 2011 - 10:25 PM

Some videos featuring Dr. Michael Mauro






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