Trying Keytruda Off-Label (MSS with a Twist)

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Re: Trying Keytruda Off-Label (MSS with a Twist)

Postby Jack&KatiesMommy » Mon May 14, 2018 4:04 pm

Bschreibs
I am being treated by Dr. Kemeny at Memorial Sloan Kettering in NYC and by Dr. VanDeusen at the James Cancer Hopsital in Ohio locally. I am getting the off-label Keytruda through the James Cancer Center.
Cynthia
Cynthia
Mommy to Jack (8) now (18) and Katie (4) now (14)
(My Most Precious Things)
Dx 8/11 Stage IV CRC (liver mets) CEA 2,600+
9/11 Folfiri 2/12: Failed Liver Resection
5/12 HAI pump/removed primary
4/13 Liver Resection
8/13-12/15 (10) RFAs lungs
5/17: Upper Left Lobe of lung resected.
02/18: 3 new lymph mets lung
05/18: Keytruda (MSS w/Intermediate TMB): NED CEA: 66.4, 39.2, 23.8, 13, 3.5 1.8, 1.0, 2.8 3.9, 5.0, 5.6, 1.5, .8,

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Re: Trying Keytruda Off-Label (MSS with a Twist)

Postby anitaw » Tue May 15, 2018 9:51 pm

Cynthia,
So sorry you are dealing with new mets. Thank you for posting this information. You are always an inspiration to me.
Anita
DX 2/12 Stage IV CC, mets to liver
3/12 - 12/12 Folfox + Avastin
2/13 - 5/13 Folfuri + Vectibix
HAI Pump - 6/13
2 stg liver res - 11/13 & 4/14
Clear scans: 5/14, 8/14, 9/14
1/15 new met in liver, ablated 6/15
11/15 - new met in liver, surgery 1/16, start Folfuri again
2/16 Scan: NED! Every day is a gift. 6/16 new mets, 2 lymph nodes
3/18 Lymph nodes resection, NED, Folfox again

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Re: Trying Keytruda Off-Label (MSS with a Twist)

Postby Jack&KatiesMommy » Mon May 28, 2018 8:36 pm

UPDATE: I had one treatment and 3 weeks later my CEA has gone from 39.4 to 60.1....so I am thinking that Keytruda is not working for me. I had my second treatment but I don't expect it to help. (MY oncologist said it may be too early to make that determination...). Just wanted to update you all on this "experiment."
Cynthia
Mommy to Jack (8) now (18) and Katie (4) now (14)
(My Most Precious Things)
Dx 8/11 Stage IV CRC (liver mets) CEA 2,600+
9/11 Folfiri 2/12: Failed Liver Resection
5/12 HAI pump/removed primary
4/13 Liver Resection
8/13-12/15 (10) RFAs lungs
5/17: Upper Left Lobe of lung resected.
02/18: 3 new lymph mets lung
05/18: Keytruda (MSS w/Intermediate TMB): NED CEA: 66.4, 39.2, 23.8, 13, 3.5 1.8, 1.0, 2.8 3.9, 5.0, 5.6, 1.5, .8,

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Re: Trying Keytruda Off-Label (MSS with a Twist)

Postby henry123 » Tue May 29, 2018 12:21 am

Jack&KatiesMommy wrote:UPDATE: I had one treatment and 3 weeks later my CEA has gone from 39.4 to 60.1....so I am thinking that Keytruda is not working for me. I had my second treatment but I don't expect it to help. (MY oncologist said it may be too early to make that determination...). Just wanted to update you all on this "experiment."


I think it can take upto 12 weeks before body starts responding even then there may be pseudo progression.
3 weeks is definitely too short a time to determine response.
Hang in there and visualise magic happening in your body as your new trained immune system destroys the bad cells.
Best of luck.
46yo M msi-high Lynch +ve
5/16 lap AR 14/21 L nodes +ve
T4N2M1
7/16 Capox 9 cyc
9/16 cea 2
1/17 550
PET CT mets in lung & peri
iri+ avast fail
3/17 10577
4/17 regro fail
5/17 cea 28800
5/17 CT inc in size of mes nodes ,onset of multi nodules in liver
6/17 Opdivo start
7/17 26754
8/17 5623
9/17 497
10/17 52
CT all clear exc a nodule in Lung. liver norm
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6/18 1.5 CT clear
12/18 1.1 NED
1/20 NED Opdivo stop
8/23 1.0 All ok

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Re: Trying Keytruda Off-Label (MSS with a Twist)

Postby lpas » Tue May 29, 2018 2:37 pm

You're in my thoughts, Cynthia. Keeping fingers, toes and everything else crossed that a good response is still coming.
11/14 Dx sigmoid CC @ 45yo
12/14 Colectomy + hysterectomy
Stage IIIB, T3N1bM0, 2/20 nodes, MSS, G2, KRAS(A146T), TP53, SMAD4, ERBB2, CEA 1.0
2/15-7/15 XELOX & celecoxib
2/19 clean scope
11/19 clean CT
Ongoing cimetidine & other targeted supplements
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Re: Trying Keytruda Off-Label (MSS with a Twist)

Postby juliej » Tue May 29, 2018 4:35 pm

Jack&KatiesMommy wrote:UPDATE: I had one treatment and 3 weeks later my CEA has gone from 39.4 to 60.1....so I am thinking that Keytruda is not working for me. I had my second treatment but I don't expect it to help. (MY oncologist said it may be too early to make that determination...). Just wanted to update you all on this "experiment."

Agree with other poster that 3 weeks is too short to know if it's working or not. I've known patients who had actual tumor growth :shock: for a few cycles before it kicked it. Give it time. Are you feeling well otherwise?

Sending prayers and good thoughts your way!
Juliej
Stage IVb, liver/lung mets 8/4/2010
Xelox+Avastin 8/18/10 to 10/21/2011
LAR, liver resec, HAI pump 11/2011
Adjuvant Irinotecan + FUDR
Double lung surgery + ileo reversal 2/2012
Adjuvant FUDR + Xeloda
VATS rt. lung 12/2012 - benign granuloma!
VATS left lung 11/2013
NED 11/22/13 to 12/18/2019, CEA<1

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Re: Trying Keytruda Off-Label (MSS with a Twist)

Postby stu » Tue May 29, 2018 5:13 pm

Hi ,
I know absolutely nothing about it but holding out for it to work ,
Take care,
Stu
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stage4 2009 significant spread to liver
2010 colon /liver resection
chemo following recurrence
73% of liver removed
enjoying life treatment free
2016 lung resection
Oct 2017 nice clear scan . Two lung nodules disappeared
Oct 2018. Another clear scan .

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Re: Trying Keytruda Off-Label (MSS with a Twist)

Postby Shana » Tue May 29, 2018 11:53 pm

Keeping good thoughts for you!

Hoping you see some promising results soon!
DX - 12/16
MSS - KRAS wild
Well-differentiated adenocarcinoma at splenic flexure
Stage IV CC with liver mets
5FU - Failed twice - 1/17 and 3/17
Irinotecan + Cetuximab: 8/17
Irinotecan and Erbitux ran it's course. CEA rising
Primary tumor invaded tail of pancreas and spleen. Liver mets major concern
Y-90 radioembolization on 9/17/18, liver enzyymes have dropped. 10 Radiation treatments to primary tumor completed too. CT scan Nov to assess overall situation...

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Re: Trying Keytruda Off-Label (MSS with a Twist)

Postby some808guy » Sat Jun 02, 2018 10:09 pm

Jack&KatiesMommy wrote:UPDATE: I had one treatment and 3 weeks later my CEA has gone from 39.4 to 60.1....so I am thinking that Keytruda is not working for me. I had my second treatment but I don't expect it to help. (MY oncologist said it may be too early to make that determination...). Just wanted to update you all on this "experiment."


Actually, CEA jump was a good sign for me when I first took keytruda. A CEA flare could mean that all those cancer cells are dying.

It leveled off after the second dose and scans did show it was working after that. So elevated CEA could mean it is working. Stay positive!

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Re: Trying Keytruda Off-Label (MSS with a Twist)

Postby Jack&KatiesMommy » Fri Jun 08, 2018 6:57 am

UPDATE: two weeks after my second treatment of Keytruda (as an MSS patient with a moderate mutation burden) my CEA has gone from 60.1 down to 39.5!
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Cynthia
Mommy to Jack (8) now (18) and Katie (4) now (14)
(My Most Precious Things)
Dx 8/11 Stage IV CRC (liver mets) CEA 2,600+
9/11 Folfiri 2/12: Failed Liver Resection
5/12 HAI pump/removed primary
4/13 Liver Resection
8/13-12/15 (10) RFAs lungs
5/17: Upper Left Lobe of lung resected.
02/18: 3 new lymph mets lung
05/18: Keytruda (MSS w/Intermediate TMB): NED CEA: 66.4, 39.2, 23.8, 13, 3.5 1.8, 1.0, 2.8 3.9, 5.0, 5.6, 1.5, .8,

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Re: Trying Keytruda Off-Label (MSS with a Twist)

Postby LPL » Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:05 am

Jack&KatiesMommy wrote:UPDATE: two weeks after my second treatment of a Keytruda (as an MSS patientbwith a moderate mutation burden) my CEA has gone from 60.5 down to 39.5!

Wonderful news :)
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DH @ 65 DX 4/11/16 CC recto-sigmoid junction
Adenocarcenoma 35x15x9mm G3(biopsi) G1(surgical)
Mets 3 Liver resectable
T4aN1bM1a IVa 2/9 LN
MSS, KRAS-mut G13D
CEA & CA19-9: 5/18 2.5 78 8/17 1.4 48 2/14/17 1.8 29
4 Folfox 6/15-7/30 (b4 liver surgery) 8 after
CT: 8/8 no change 3/27/17 NED->Jan-19 mets to lung NED again Oct-19 :)
:!: Steroid induced hyperglycemia dx after 3chemo
Surgeries 2016: 3/18 Emergency colostomy
5/23 Primary+gallbl+stoma reversal+port 9/1 Liver mets
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Re: Trying Keytruda Off-Label (MSS with a Twist)

Postby stu » Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:55 am

Excellent news . Stu
supporter to my mum who lives a great life despite a difficult diagnosis
stage4 2009 significant spread to liver
2010 colon /liver resection
chemo following recurrence
73% of liver removed
enjoying life treatment free
2016 lung resection
Oct 2017 nice clear scan . Two lung nodules disappeared
Oct 2018. Another clear scan .

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Re: Trying Keytruda Off-Label (MSS with a Twist)

Postby Robino1 » Fri Jun 08, 2018 8:32 am

Yay! Keep that number going D o w n ! :D
At 54 2014 1st colonoscopy colon cancer detect
Colon resect margins clear. No chemo Stage II
2017
Distend abd, pain in intestines.
CT scan seeding & Ascites
Lap diag - cancer on the omentum
CEA 217; 219
FOLFOX started 6/17
CEA 202
8/29/17 CT melting of tumor.
Latest CT scan shows 2 new tumors and return of ascites.
CEA: (2017)9/30 -109; 10/12 -99.1; 11/4 -90.7; 11/30 -70.7; 12/14 -83.4; (2018)1/4 -73.3; 2/1-84.2; 89.2; 89.8; 88.5; 81.8: 93.5; 107; 119
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Re: Trying Keytruda Off-Label (MSS with a Twist)

Postby mariane » Fri Jun 08, 2018 2:01 pm

Wonderful!!! I keep my fingers crossed! :)
mom of now 14 years old twins, dx @ 40 in 6/2015 with upper rectal cancer, 10+ liver mets, CEA 140
chemo: 8/2015 - 10/2016 - 4xFOLFIRINOX, 2xFOLFOX, 8xFOLFIRI, 10x5FU, HAI pump -12xFUDR
4 surgeries, complete pathological response
CEA<2 since 10/2015
NED since May 2016

I praise God for every day with my family!

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Re: Trying Keytruda Off-Label (MSS with a Twist)

Postby aja1121 » Fri Jun 08, 2018 2:56 pm

So happy to see this update!
05/23/14 DH dx Stage 3B rectal ca (age 41)
6/2014 chemorad | 10/2014 LAR, all nodes clean
FOLFOX x 10 | VATS/lung met | ileo reversal
09/15 local recurrence
10/15 colostomy
11/15 FOLFIRI x 4, major growth
02/16 tumor debulked
Stable ten months on Xeloda/Avastin
Growth on clinical trials NCT02024607 (BBI608 + FOLFIRI), NCT02817633 (anti-PD-1 + anti-TIM-3), NCT03175224 (c-Met inhibitor)
09/27/2018 started hospice
02/07/19 died


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