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They said that at my site there have been three that quit producing MRTC's and got the boot and my coord. had said that he knows that there are plenty others around the country as well. Lew, Why were people kicked out of the study for not continuing to produce MRTC's? Isn't that the point of the To...

I'm awaiting the phone call from LifeBlood for the blood draw OR a phone call from my neuro's office telling my I didn't make MRTC's. Marcia, It was my understanding from AIN that Opexa would call you directly concerning whether or not they detected MRTC's. So after 3 weeks you still have not heard...

Lars wrote:It's about time for the Cavalry to come riding over the horizon.
Lars

Tim,

Do you have any comments on the business side of Opexa that will help to calm our fears about whether or not Opexa is going to have enough money to complete the IIb, extension and phase III trials?

Mike

I promise not to go on a rant like last time when you asked this! I literally just got off the phone with my research coordinator. I have not got my schedule for dosing yet. We are now at 81 days (that puts the 69 day thing out) and he said he has heard nothing from Opexa. I am going to be calling ...

Lew,

Not to bring up a sore subject, but how are things going with your vaccination schedule? Are you going in this week for your first round of shots?

Take care,
Mike

Why is it that if they can't currently make vaccine from the new blood draw that they can't continue to make vaccine from our last blood draw. I thought that theoretically they only needed one pint to make a lifetime of vaccine. If they continue to check our blood for our MRTC count it probably won...

Marcia, Are you seeing Dr. Twyman? Yes, I've seen Twyman for all of my visits and he's been very good. I've not seen either of the other docs that you mention. and the staff at AIN has been very cordial to me. They are as much of my MS support team as the doctor is. I agree, the research and nursing...

I just got back home from my final IIb visit/first extension visit. Marcia, We're exactly 1 week apart in the timing of our IIb/extension study with the Lexington Associates in Neurology as I go in next Thursday for my final IIb visit and MRTC blood draw. If all goes well, in our twisted logic sort...

We have delivered all Tovaxin doses to patients in the study and now look forward to presenting 52-week topline results of the TERMS Phase IIb study in September. McWilliams continued, "with this report, we are aggressively moving forward with our regulatory plans and furthering our discussion...

Loobie wrote:My drug should be ready by Wed. and I still don't have my appt. set yet! Arggggh!.

Lew,

Any word yet on your vaccination appointment?

Mike

but now it is done. 69 days away! Lew, By the calendar you're getting pretty close to the 69 day mark right? Has Opexa contacted you to let you know if you're still on schedule to get your first injections in the next week or so? As for me, I go in for my last IIb visit on March 20 and then the big...

and the company is still blinded and results aren't officially known. I would be stunned if the company is blinded. Remember it's a "double blind" study, as in the lab rat and the doc are blinded, not a triple blind study where the company doesn't know what's happening until the study is ...

For everyone's sake, I hope so. However, I know that not everyone took a 3 point EDSS dive during the trial either. Agreed. It's just that in a placebo style study, there are going to be more than a few folks where an extra couple of months may be a big deal! Then you need to throw in the idea of e...

Thanks Lew, I wonder as the protocol is tweaked and modified if they will use the tubes of blood from the next to last visit for the next stage MRTC assay and then the big bag-o-blood procurement a week or so after that. That would mean that the next vaccination would be ready very close to the end ...

Lew,

Quick question for you. Did they use the 18 or so vials of blood that they siphoned from you at your last regularly scheduled visit for the IIb trial to do the assay for the presence of MRTC's or did you have to come back in for a separate visit?

Thanks,
Mike