Immunotherapy + T-VEC

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Immunotherapy + T-VEC

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- October 27, 2023 at 8:51 pm
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MB
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Hello, my wife is stage IV and the melanoma is spreading quickly. She just had a 2nd cycle of ipi/nivo and so far we haven’t seen any indication that it’s working. We met with her oncologist today, who mentioned T-VEC but said she would have to stop ipi/nivo in order to do it. However, I read that others have done t-vec combined with immunotherapy with success. Bubbles and Ed- and anyone else!- do you know what immunotherapies can be combined with t-vec? Fortunately, we have an appointment scheduled with a melanoma specialist from Emory University Hospital next Friday- so we will of course ask him. But just thought I’d reach out to the forum in the meantime. Thanks to all, MB

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- - October 27, 2023 at 10:22 pm
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  Bubbles
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  Your local onc really needs to get on top of the current treatments for melanoma if they are going to treat melanoma patients! Here is a link that says a great deal – with more within:
  Intratumoral or Intralesional therapy for melanoma – again. Yep, AGAIN!!! ASCO 2021, here we go!
  
  Hope you can attain some good options at Emory. c
  - October 28, 2023 at 3:13 pm
    
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    MB
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    Thank you, Celeste! Wow, very concerning that our local oncologist did not know this. Scary, honestly. Thank God for melanoma specialists!-MB
- - October 30, 2023 at 8:12 pm
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  ed williams
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  MB, this is Onclive peer panel doctor from Moffitt talking about how they use T-vec, May of 2023 video. https://www.onclive.com/view/tumor-directed-oncolytic-therapies-for-melanoma-and-cscc
- - October 30, 2023 at 8:18 pm
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  ed williams
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  MB, this is another injectable called RP1 and is in clinical trial called IGNYTE. Dr. Pavlick from Cornell Medicine talks about how it works in following short video. https://www.onclive.com/view/dr-pavlick-on-the-mechanisms-of-action-of-rp1-in-cutaneous-melanoma
- - October 30, 2023 at 8:27 pm
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  ed williams
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  MB, last video on the topic from ASCO 2022. https://ascopost.com/news/september-2022/addition-of-t-vec-to-pembrolizumab-in-advanced-melanoma/

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