This is all a guess from me and hopefully someone who knows can
correct me if I'm wrong! There's not much specific info out there
yet. I think what they are doing know is all preparation for
officially starting the FDA phase I trial in 2007. The website
www.clinicaltrial.gov lists descriptions of the different FDA phases
and you can search their database. I haven't been able to find the
nathan faustman trials in this database but maybe it will show up when
they have all their prep done and the criteria for inclusion/exclusion
identified. The joinleenow website and newsletter says the assay
machine is the first step to getting the human trials started next
year so they can tell if and how well bcg kills the bad t cells.
I don't know anything about the Fast Track but that would be nice!

I'm pretty new to all this; who is Dr. Vinik and what is he/she
working on?

Thanks!
Becky



--- In nathanfaustmantrials@yahoogroups.com, "imcimc1" <imcimc1@y...>
wrote:
>
> If they have technically begun clinical trials, what phase are they
> in? Once the human trials start in 2007, what phase will that be
> considered. Also, are they on this so-called "fast track" with the
> FDA? That seems to be either a catch phrase for hope or a real push
> with the FDA to expedite what seems to more than promising. I/m
pretty
> sure that Dr. Vinik's work at the Strelitz institute is on the "fast
> track." Any feeback would be welcome, thanks!
>