Mayo Clinic Webinar

pandagypsy
pandagypsy Member Posts: 113
in Ovarian Cancer #1

Did anyone else tune in to this today?  I was interested in the points being made about clinical trials; MYTH: insurance doesn't pay for them FACT: insurance doesn't pay, but there is no cost to you, the patient.  One person's comment on this said that while the drugs are not a cost to the patient in the trial, administering the drugs and associated co-pays are still the patient's responsibility.  Has anyone been involved in a clinical trial, and was it a cost to the patient?

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  • Veranos
    Veranos Member Posts: 18
    #2
    I was on the Olaparib

    I was on the Olaparib clinical trial for 2 years; the drug was free, but the insurance had to cover the rest.

  • pandagypsy
    pandagypsy Member Posts: 113
    #3
    Veranos said:

    I was on the Olaparib

    I was on the Olaparib clinical trial for 2 years; the drug was free, but the insurance had to cover the rest.

    Thanks Veranos for your

    Thanks Veranos for your reply.  That more or less puts it in line with what my onc. said, that the clinical trials weren't "free".

  • Alexandra
    Alexandra Member Posts: 1,308
    #4
    Pandagypsy

     

    I don't know if it makes any difference, but I am in Canada.

    I was in ARIEL2 trial sponsored by Clovis Oncology. Absolutely everything related to the trial (biopsy, drug, blood tests, CT scans, doctor's visits) was paid by the trial sponsor and free to me. I was also reimbursed for travel / parking up to $25 per visit.

    All other medical treatments unrelated to drug trial are paid by insurance and also free to me.

  • pandagypsy
    pandagypsy Member Posts: 113
    #5
    Alexandra said:

    Pandagypsy

     

    I don't know if it makes any difference, but I am in Canada.

    I was in ARIEL2 trial sponsored by Clovis Oncology. Absolutely everything related to the trial (biopsy, drug, blood tests, CT scans, doctor's visits) was paid by the trial sponsor and free to me. I was also reimbursed for travel / parking up to $25 per visit.

    All other medical treatments unrelated to drug trial are paid by insurance and also free to me.

    Thanks Alexandra

    So, it is just the same old thing............ask ask ask, and get info BEFORE.  I guess you can't just generalize on this, as they seemed to do on the Webinar.

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