Hype? Rituximab
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 1:36 pm
As we all know there are multitudes of drugs in trial.
Rituximab is being trialled with RR, SP and PP sufferers. Although other threads have discussed the possibility of MS being one disease with the immune system response / or not, differentiating between the various types.
The media coverage of Rituximab has been very upbeat as illustrated below:
"In patients who have been treated with rituximab and haven't responded to other treatments, Dr. Stuve says, "The response to the Rituxan was really dramatic, in terms of not only stopping disease progression but really helping the patients recover some of the neurological function that they had lost in previous month and years"."
I'm always wary of such hype but when a medic claims that the drug stops progression this is a big claim.
My questions:
Has anyone received Rituximab? Or know someone who has received it?
If it did prove good, what fast-tracking is permissible given that it is already in use for other conditions?
Thanks
Ian
Rituximab is being trialled with RR, SP and PP sufferers. Although other threads have discussed the possibility of MS being one disease with the immune system response / or not, differentiating between the various types.
The media coverage of Rituximab has been very upbeat as illustrated below:
"In patients who have been treated with rituximab and haven't responded to other treatments, Dr. Stuve says, "The response to the Rituxan was really dramatic, in terms of not only stopping disease progression but really helping the patients recover some of the neurological function that they had lost in previous month and years"."
I'm always wary of such hype but when a medic claims that the drug stops progression this is a big claim.
My questions:
Has anyone received Rituximab? Or know someone who has received it?
If it did prove good, what fast-tracking is permissible given that it is already in use for other conditions?
Thanks
Ian