RE:RE:RE:RE:My cousinThey do recruit those they think have three months yet to live. From my very non-medical perspective, I did not really think she had that much time left but they let her into the trial anyway and they are the doctors, not me. She looked pretty bad when Gettysburg first evaluated her but I immagine that is the norm. She then had to wait a month without any treatment following her previous chemo before starting TH-1902 and she deteriorated even further during that time, again mostly due to an inability to eat and drink what she needed to survive. She also had a complication called ascites which may have played a role in her demise. If I had to say what led directly to her passing, I would guess malnutrition brought on by her cancer. Ascites may have played a role in her lack of desire to eat but she also could be her own worst enemy on that front at times. She was in the hospital for the last week of her life, and they earnestly tried to build her back up nutritionally, but it was seemingly too late. May TH-1902 eventually help beat back this awful disease that has claimed so many lives too early.
palinc2000 wrote: sorry for your loss.!!! I think they recruit only patients with a life expectancy of at least 3 months .....Unfortunately fate decided otherwise