Avastin??

I can't seem to find where avastin is used for RCC as a previous post where a girl's father was given this.  Has anyone else been treated with avastin for RCC?

Hi Joanne,

Yes, Avastin is used to treat RCC.  You can find this data by googling it as a question, ie "Is Avastin ever used to treat Renal Cell Carcinoma?'.  There is quite a bit of info to be had.

Hope this is what you were looking for and that you find it helpful.

Good luck.

Joan L

 

On 6/21/2009 Joanne I. wrote:

I can't seem to find where avastin is used for RCC as a previous post where a girl's father was given this.  Has anyone else been treated with avastin for RCC?

Hello Joanne I:

I am currently being treated with Avastin and chemo after Sutent failure. It is a humanized monoclonal antibody that is given by IV. It's generic name I believe is bevacizumab. If you go on the NCI website, you maybe able to find clinical trial locations of Avastin near you.

The interesting thing about Avastin, from what I have been told, is it is especially effective after Sutent therapy in unpublished clinical data.

In my case, I am looking to it for a stepping stone to more effective treatments where I am hoping for a durable response.

Treatment related side effects are much better than I had with Sutent. (Some increase in blood pressure and dizziness).

Hope this helps.

Krys

 

Thanks Joan & Krys.  I'm in Canada so not sure if there are any trials going on.  So far doing amazing with Sutent but want to be ahead of the game just in case.

I have been on avastin for RCC in Clinical trial for exactly one year. I was given "arm 1" which is Avastin alone. It is working!!!! I first tried IL2 (set of two cycles) but it didn't work and it was really tough going through the treatments. The Avastin really doesn't have many side effects (some fatigue). I get it ever other week and I go for a Cat scan every 8 weeks. I am in stage 4. My metastis is in my median sternum, lung, and adrenal glands. Most of the tumors have shrunk a little. One has remained the same. So I am continuing on the same course of treatment. If anyone has any other questions, please feel free to email me.