Meilas been accepted on a clinical trial in North Carolina America
1 June 2024
Just an update- Meila has been accepted on a phase 1 CAR-T cell therapy trial in America. We look to go over in July, Meila will have her Cell procurement (they take a heap of blood) then they make up the CAR-T drug. We only go to America for 2 or 3 days for this then come home. It takes approx 6 weeks to make the drug and then we head back to America for approx 5 weeks. There is serious risks with this therpy, but they have procedures in place that if Meila becomes to sick that they can cancel the CAR-T and she should be fine.
Unfortunately NZ don't cover the cost of the trial and it's completely self funded. Est is $90,000 American ($150,000 nz) plus travel and accommodation. So we will use all the money raised to put towards this and keep raising money and selling off assets. While this is classed as experimental treatment- it has been really successful in other trials and different cancers. So we are excited at what this treatment will offer Meila
We will keep you updated ♥️
P.s this is a photo of Meila playing netball with her team a few weeks ago ... she's doing so well - we feel so lucky she's been given another chance 🙏
