Category: clinical trials
DENIED: Michael Farris’ Journey with Insurance for Neuroendocrine Cancer Treatment
The good news is the very positive result at the end – but the road to getting insurance coverage for Michael Farris’ participation in the PRRT (peptide receptor radionuclide therapy) clinical trial at Excel Diagnostics in Houston, Texas, was fraught…
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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Continues Recruiting for Phase 3 Studies in Carcinoid Syndrome
Many patients face the challenge of controlling carcinoid syndrome which can persist even while being treated with somatostatin analog (SSA) therapy. For patients on SSA therapy who continue to experience conditions such as diarrhea, frequent bowel…
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Gallium-68 Scan Coming to NOLANETS for Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients
Dr. Eugene A. Woltering has announced that the Gallium-68 DOTATATE PET/CT scan is going to be available beginning in the summer of 2014 through The New Orleans Louisiana Neuroendocrine Tumor Specialists (NOLANETS) Neuroendocrine Tumor Program at …
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Discover Something New in Carcinoid Syndrome
For patients who suffer from carcinoid syndrome – with symptoms such as diarrhea, frequent bowel movements, abdominal pain, and flushing – that is not adequately controlled by their current somatostatin analog therapy, there is an opportunity to participate…
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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Begins Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Telotristat Etiprate in Patients with Carcinoid Syndrome
Patients with metastatic carcinoid syndrome will have the opportunity to participate in a new Phase 3 clinical trial of Lexicon Pharmaceutical’s telotristat etiprate (LX1032), an oral drug candidate designed to treat carcinoid syndrome by reducing…
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First U.S. Center to Enroll Patients in International, Multicenter Clinical Trial of Lu-177 Octreotate
Excel Diagnostics and Nuclear Oncology Center in Houston, Texas, is the first center in the United States to start recruiting patients in a multicenter randomized clinical trial of Lu-177 Octreotate in patients with progressive midgut carcinoid. …
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Now Recruiting: Carcinoid Syndrome Patients to Participate in Clinical Trial
Ipsen is recruiting patients with a history of carcinoid syndrome to participate in a clinical study to evaluate the effect of Somatuline® Depot (Lanreotide Autogel), a somatostatin analog (SSTa) similar to octreotide, on the control of symptoms …
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Up-to-the-Minute: News for the Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Community
The first device that simultaneously performs PET and MRI scans, a new alpha-emitter-based therapy for NET cancer patients with progressive therapy-resistant tumors, the first–ever randomized virtual clinical trial, over 100 abstracts on carcinoid…
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RadioMedix $2.8 Million Grant from Texas Emerging Technology Fund to Result in New Products that Benefit Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Cancer Patients
Two innovative products that will enable users to generate and label PET radiotracers on-site at a significantly reduced cost will be developed by RadioMedix, Inc. with a $2.8 million grant from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund. According to Ebrahim…
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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Clinical Trial Recruiting Carcinoid Syndrome Patients
Patients with carcinoid syndrome, whose symptoms are not managed by octreotide therapy, are being recruited for a Phase 2 clinical trial of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals’ LX1606 (a.k.a. LX1032). The trial has been given Fast Track status in the U.S. and …
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