Tag Archives: Compassionate use

Compassionate Use

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Team Captain

You may remember the #SaveJosh news articles in the spring of 2014 where little Josh Hardy’s family mounted, as a last ditch effort, a social media campaign to get him into a clinical trial that St. Jude’s doctors said was … Continue reading →

Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease, Uncategorized | Tagged Brain cancer, Compassionate use, Ellyn Miller, FDA, Grabriella Miller, Joe Baber, Nathalie Traller, NCI, NIH, pediatric diseases, Pharna, Smashing Walnuts | 4 Comments

The Fault in Our Systems

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Team Captain

by Nathan Traller, Nathalie’s father Editor’s Note: Nathan’s daughter was diagnosed with Aveolar Soft Part Sarcoma (ASPS) two years ago and he has been fighting to get her into a possible life saving clinical trial for PD1 and PDL1. Time … Continue reading →

Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease, Uncategorized | Tagged 2.0 clinical Trials, ASCO, ASPS, Aveolar Soft Part Sarcoma, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Clinical Trials, Compassionate use, FDA, Genentech Inc., genomic profile, Lung MAP trial, Merck, metastatic cancer, Nathan Traller, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, NCI, NIH, PD1, PDL1, pediatric trials, rare disease, tumor bank | 3 Comments

We need more than just research

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Team Captain

A mother noticed that her six year-old son’s eyelids were not closing normally and when he walked, he was slightly off balance. A few days later, his parents’ worst nightmare became a reality; they were told that their son has … Continue reading →

Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease, Uncategorized | Tagged Anaplastic Astrocytoma, Beth Anne Baber, chemothrapy, childhood cancer, Compassionate use, FDA, NIH, pathologists | 1 Comment

The FDA and Childhood Cancer – Part 2

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Team Captain

This is part 2 of the Jonathan Agin series, “Childhood Cancer – My Road Map” Being sent to an emergency room to have a CT scan performed on your two-year-old child is frightening. Being brought into a small cramped room … Continue reading →