Re: Anyone tried PROSORBA?

April 26, 2006

one can treat 'off label' legally in the US as well.

On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Kathleen wrote:

> It is not approved for psoriatic arthritis but I know some docs have

> secretly treated " off label " with PROSORBA. Outside of the U.S. a

> physician can use treatments/drugs for any indication they wish. THEY

> decide. Here in the U.S. Prosorba is approved by the FDA

> for R.A. and ITP only. It is a non-drug, non-immunosupressive

> treatment. The Column is a plastic cylinder about the size of a coffe

> mug which contains a sand like substance coated with Protein A.

> Protein A is is unique in binding certain elements from your blood

> called antibodies. With Prosorba Column Therapy, blood is drawn from a

> vein in your arm and then is pumped into an apheresis machine, filtered

> and passed through the PROSORBA Protein A column and then reinfused

> back into the other arm.

> Treatment is once weekly for 12 weeks. Each treatment is 2 hrs.

> Similar to Remicade but it is not a biologic. Approved by the FDA for

> R.A. in 1999. I have several friends who have R.A. that went on

> Prosorba with dramatic results. The response rate is the about the

> same as Enbrel and Remicade for R.A. Anyone tried it?

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