Immunotherapy trial at NIH

A Pilot Study of Genetically Engineered NY-ESO-1 Specific (c259) T cells in HLA-A2+ Patients With Synovial Sarcoma:

http://bethesdatrials.cancer.gov/clinical-research/search_detail.aspx?ProtocolID=NCI-11-C-0113

About 80% of synovial sarcoma express NY-ESO-1 but less than 1/2 of humans are HLA-A2 positive. Still it's worth it to find out whether a patient is eligible for this study considering the results of the prior study...

As of today, this is our next step. The Oral chemo is not touching the monster. We will be off to Bethesda shortly.