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Clinical Trials |
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Clinical trials are programs that allow researchers to study the effects of new “experimental”
treatment options, with the hope of finding new and improved ways to treat cancer.
There may be a clinical trial available for your pet to join either instead of more traditional treatment,
or in the case of those traditional treatments failing.
Clinical trials help researchers figure out if new treatment options are safe and effective,
whether there are any side effects or risks to the patient, and whether the new treatment is potentially better than
existing options.
Advantages to allowing your pet participate in a clinical trial include receiving a new drug before
it is widely available – potentially at decreased or no cost to you.
Also, since many cancers in animals similarly occur in humans, you and your pet may be helping
to pave the way for successful treatment methods that benefit both animals as well as humans.
Disadvantages exist because of the experimental nature of the treatment – although the effectiveness
must first be proven in laboratory animals, there is a possibility of unexpected side effects to your pet.
You will always reserve the right to remove your pet from a clinical trial at any point if you would like to
pursue other avenues of treatment.
Please feel free to talk to any of our doctors to find out about any new clinical
trials that may be available to your pet or how to participate in any of the
studies listed below. |
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Clinical Trials - Conducted at VOHC |
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Description |
| Feline Gleevec
Trial | | Open to cats with
both recurrent, non-resectable or microscopic biopsy-confirmed Mast Cell
Tumors or Vaccine-Associated Fibrosarcomas. Gleevec is a novel targeted
chemotherapy without the side effects of traditional therapy. The owner is
responsible for the purchase of the medication, which is given by mouth once
daily at home. Diagnostics required prior to enrollment include blood work and
urinalysis. |
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Research Opportunities VOHC is involved with |
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| Studies are conducted at other locations |
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Click here to review |
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| Clinical Trials offered at
other locations – patient must travel |
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| Trials at
other facilities | |
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