Charles,

thanks for your response. I tried Amgen help line---and they were helpfull.
Premier Oncology in Santa Monica, CA, however were not. I called and left them
a couple of voice mails. No one ever returned my calls.

Iqbal

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In a message dated 2/17/2005 4:10:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, "cetarleton"
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>One of several factors for the AMG-706 PHASE I clinical trial
>locations may have been the existing locations of previous trials for
>GIST patients for the Pfizer drug SU11248.  Some Patients who were
>still progressing on SU11248 were offered entry into some early AMG-
>706 trials as a next step.  This could have influenced, for example,
>the selection of MD Anderson in Houston, TX, or the AMG-706 Phase I
>trial location at Premier Oncology in Santa Monica, CA, just the
>other side of L.A. from City of Hope Cancer Center in Duarte, CA.  
>Both areas are near where GIST patients who had failed Gleevec were
>trying SU11248 (aka Sugen), and also failing on that.  (Speculation
>on my part, only.)
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>In any event, Amgen asks that patients telephone the Amgen Call
>Center (1-866-572-6436) for a pre-screen, to be advised and directed
>to the closest available AMG-706 clinical trial center.  Available
>sites might conceivably expand if the drug's safety/efficacy profiles
>still look good into PHASE II and III clinical trials, where larger
>numbers of participants would be recruited to make up a large enough
>statistical data pool.
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>Charles
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>--- In AMG706@yahoogroups.com, Iahmed9@a... wrote:
>> Why there are no clinical trials scheduled in the San Francisco Bay
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>> I thought AMGEN was located in South San francisco.  Wouldn't it
>make sense
>> to have a trial location for the Bay Area lms and GIST patients?
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>> Iqbal
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