Great news Valerie, SVR is always a good news day.
Cinnamon Girl said
Dec 9, 2013
Hi Valerie, good to hear from you..and congratulations on SVR24! Really pleased for you, thanks for sharing such wonderful news!
Enjoy being Hep C free!
Terry said
Dec 9, 2013
Hi Valeri
That is great news that you are free of this. I took a quick look and we are born the same year from the same country and I am pretty sure we took the same drugs so it would be nice to get the same result as well.. lol Take care Terry
Matt Chris said
Dec 8, 2013
Hello Valerie
Congrats on your six months SVR results, enjoy the rest of your life.
matt
newmex said
Dec 8, 2013
Valerie, Congrats on SVR!!!, am also a "newby" here, just thankful every one is good enough to let me hang around and learn the good, bad, and the ugly of the disease, treatment and recovery. So far I am seeing a lot of good, lots of SVR, and lots of good people. Best wishes on your continuing recovery. Its gonna get bettter every day!!
mallani said
Dec 7, 2013
Hi Valerie,
Congrats on your SVR24! Abbott have been fairly quiet, but obviously have a good combo. Enjoy a happy HepC-free life. Cheers.
suziq said
Dec 7, 2013
Congratulations!!!
Looks like you are officially SVR. 100% SVR at your trial site sounds really good to me. Gilead is going publicity wild, but there are other meds (companies) that are doing really great in trials. I wonder when Abbott goes for FDA approval as yours was a Phase 3 study. Merck, my study, is still in Phase 2. So glad you did not get placebo.
Tig said
Dec 7, 2013
That's fantastic news! Congratulations and happier days ahead!! Good luck!
newby4555 said
Dec 7, 2013
Hi All
Just an update from my 6 month post treatment. Results were undetectable and I feel good. My study nurse mentioned, that 6 of us were in the trial and were lucky enough to all get the drugs and now 6 months post treatment and everyone doing good. Good luck to all, and I hope this is soon available to all.
newby4555 said
Mar 26, 2013
Thank you Matt, I hope you are right about the anemia. I am so tired, ha and now only my 2nd week almost finished, and I am just feeling so darn crabby. I really have to bite my tongue. Lucky I have only had a few headaches. I have no idea why I am crabby, work is the same, everything is the same. I have no reason to be crabby and if I got the real drugs, then I should be happy, which I would be. My chest hurts when I walk at lunch, and I told my friend not to walk so fast. At least by evening, it is better and I can still do the treadmill... with effort. At least Easter is coming and some days off. good luck to you too
Cinnamon Girl said
Mar 22, 2013
Hi and welcome, Valerie, wishing you the best of luck this time round. We`re always pleased to hear from people on clinical trials and will be very interested in following your progress. As you`ve already seen, we have other trial members here you`ll be able to compare notes with.
I`m moving this thread to the `Clinical Trials` section and making it a `sticky`, which means that it stays at the top of the section along with the other trial threads. ~ Jill
Matt Chris said
Mar 22, 2013
Valerie
I have been on these Meds for almost six week and if your body is like mind, it will adjust and get used to them with less anemia and less high Billirubin levels.
I suspect that this treatment is whole lot less problems than the current SOC, so be very thankful as I am that you made the cut. I was very stressed to be selected, thinking I would not qualify.
What was strange for me neither the Doctor nor my nurse told me what to expect and how to eat or drink or any tips on how to deal with issues. Learned a lot more on my own and from the other members of our forum. Most of us on the Abbott Labs Meds agree that it is important to keep hydrated especially during the first two weeks.
Just my opinion , no facts
Matt. (on the Turquoise II open label version trial study)
newby4555 said
Mar 22, 2013
Thank you all for your responses. I just started my 2nd week. Unfortunately, I will not know for 12 weeks, as there are 2 arms, but either way I will get the real drugs, I just hope sooner. The nurse told me this morning, that we can guess but that is all. She does not get results for the liver enzymes, or bilirubin. However, I know one drug can raise it and make you yellow, I am ok with that. I know the Riba can make you anemic, etc and I think it is affecting me. I can barely get out of bed, I mentioned that to the nurse and she said they will tell her that. I wanted to see a dr today, because I wanted to ask if Alertec is ok Hopefully a dr is around next week. This is my 2nd trial, the first I got booted from because interferon, caused my white blood cells to go less than 0, so I needed neupogen weekly and after 24 weeks, i was less than 0 and could/should have rolled over into the trial with the real drugs, but they didnt want me having neupogen for another 24 weeks, so i got booted. I was choked, but oh well, at least i kept my hair lol. The liver drs at the clinic all said I was their first patient using that. I think they should have pursued it. So, they thought this Abbott study was must better for me. I will check and see if I can find what the other people say about this study. thank you all
Zlikster said
Mar 20, 2013
good luck with clinical trial!
Biggyb said
Mar 20, 2013
Welcome Valerie, good luck on your trial.
Matt Chris said
Mar 20, 2013
Hello & Welcome Valerie
The forum can really help you with your journey, with many members having great insights into the ups and downs of the treatment. So don't be afraid to ask
I am on one Abbott Labs Trial programs called Turqouise II. The difference is our study is for cirrhotics and is a open label study, which means that we know the drugs are real and get real time results on our progress. You can read about our journeys on our threads
Hope all go's well
Matt
mallani said
Mar 20, 2013
Hi Valerie,
Welcome to the Forum. We have 3 Forum Members doing Abbott Trials. If you check the Section marked Clinical Trials, you will see the names and details. From memory they are 'Matt Chris', 'Luv2ryde' and 'Balagan'. They seem to be doing well, and will probably answer your post. Good luck.
newby4555 said
Mar 20, 2013
ok i try here, i am new, and genotype 1b, started the Abbott sapphire phase 3 5 days ago, wondering when side effects kick in lol that is about it
Great news Valerie, SVR is always a good news day.
Hi Valerie, good to hear from you..and congratulations on SVR24! Really pleased for you, thanks for sharing such wonderful news!
Enjoy being Hep C free!
That is great news that you are free of this. I took a quick look and we are born the same year from the same country and I am pretty sure we took the same drugs so it would be nice to get the same result as well..
Hello Valerie
Congrats on your six months SVR results, enjoy the rest of your life.
matt
Congrats on SVR!!!, am also a "newby" here, just thankful every one is good enough to let me hang around and learn the good, bad, and the ugly of the disease, treatment and recovery. So far I am seeing a lot of good, lots of SVR, and lots of good people. Best wishes on your continuing recovery. Its gonna get bettter every day!!
Hi Valerie,
Congrats on your SVR24! Abbott have been fairly quiet, but obviously have a good combo. Enjoy a happy HepC-free life. Cheers.
Looks like you are officially SVR. 100% SVR at your trial site sounds really good to me. Gilead is going publicity wild, but there are other meds (companies) that are doing really great in trials. I wonder when Abbott goes for FDA approval as yours was a Phase 3 study. Merck, my study, is still in Phase 2. So glad you did not get placebo.
That's fantastic news! Congratulations and happier days ahead!! Good luck!
Hi All
Just an update from my 6 month post treatment. Results were undetectable and I feel good. My study nurse mentioned, that 6 of us were in the trial and were lucky enough to all get the drugs and now 6 months post treatment and everyone doing good. Good luck to all, and I hope this is soon available to all.
Thank you Matt, I hope you are right about the anemia. I am so tired, ha and now only my 2nd week almost finished, and I am just feeling so darn crabby. I really have to bite my tongue. Lucky I have only had a few headaches. I have no idea why I am crabby, work is the same, everything is the same. I have no reason to be crabby and if I got the real drugs, then I should be happy, which I would be. My chest hurts when I walk at lunch, and I told my friend not to walk so fast. At least by evening, it is better and I can still do the treadmill... with effort. At least Easter is coming and some days off. good luck to you too
Hi and welcome, Valerie, wishing you the best of luck this time round.
We`re always pleased to hear from people on clinical trials and will be very interested in following your progress. As you`ve already seen, we have other trial members here you`ll be able to compare notes with.
I`m moving this thread to the `Clinical Trials` section and making it a `sticky`, which means that it stays at the top of the section along with the other trial threads. ~ Jill
Valerie
I have been on these Meds for almost six week and if your body is like mind, it will adjust and get used to them with less anemia and less high Billirubin levels.
I suspect that this treatment is whole lot less problems than the current SOC, so be very thankful as I am that you made the cut. I was very stressed to be selected, thinking I would not qualify.
What was strange for me neither the Doctor nor my nurse told me what to expect and how to eat or drink or any tips on how to deal with issues. Learned a lot more on my own and from the other members of our forum. Most of us on the Abbott Labs Meds agree that it is important to keep hydrated especially during the first two weeks.
Just my opinion , no facts
Matt. (on the Turquoise II open label version trial study)
Welcome Valerie, good luck on your trial.
Hello & Welcome Valerie
The forum can really help you with your journey, with many members having great insights into the ups and downs of the treatment. So don't be afraid to ask
I am on one Abbott Labs Trial programs called Turqouise II. The difference is our study is for cirrhotics and is a open label study, which means that we know the drugs are real and get real time results on our progress. You can read about our journeys on our threads
Hope all go's well
Matt
Hi Valerie,
Welcome to the Forum. We have 3 Forum Members doing Abbott Trials. If you check the Section marked Clinical Trials, you will see the names and details. From memory they are 'Matt Chris', 'Luv2ryde' and 'Balagan'. They seem to be doing well, and will probably answer your post. Good luck.
ok i try here, i am new, and genotype 1b, started the Abbott sapphire phase 3 5 days ago, wondering when side effects kick in lol that is about it