Would this be a case?

[momm2500]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? PA

a family member had cancer. it got to a point that the primary oncologist stated that there was nothing more they can do. the doctor referred us to another doctor who might have something out there for my family member. we went to that doctor. the doctor had an experiment treatment that could possibly help. family member went under the treatment twice and then indicated that we could not further treatment any more. one of the side effects is it will hurt the liver and with a small tumor on the liver did not want us to watch family member go through liver failure**************....but also because of it being a clinical trial drug, if he was to over ride johnson and johnson and continue family member on this treatment**************...he and the hospital would jeopordize them getting FUNDING for any new drugs for future patients. i truely thing this is cold! is this a case or just bad bedside manner? also, the treatment was helping.

 

[lealea1005]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? PA

a family member had cancer. it got to a point that the primary oncologist stated that there was nothing more they can do. the doctor referred us to another doctor who might have something out there for my family member. we went to that doctor. the doctor had an experiment treatment that could possibly help. family member went under the treatment twice and then indicated that we could not further treatment any more. one of the side effects is it will hurt the liver and with a small tumor on the liver did not want us to watch family member go through liver failure**************....but also because of it being a clinical trial drug, if he was to over ride johnson and johnson and continue family member on this treatment**************...he and the hospital would jeopordize them getting FUNDING for any new drugs for future patients. i truely thing this is cold! is this a case or just bad bedside manner? also, the treatment was helping.

Was your family member actually included as part of the research study?

 

[ecmst12]

There are VERY strict guidelines as to which patients can be accepted into clinical trials. If the patient doesn't fit, they can't be accepted or they could compromise the validity of the whole study. It has to do with minimizing the number of variables in the study group. So no, they don't have to continue the drug (which could actually hurt him more, incidentally) and no, it's not malpractice. Neither would it be malpractice if they allowed him to continue the treatment and he went into liver failure. Clinical trials are pretty much an "at your own risk" thing, risks are not always forseeable and complications can happen; that they can provide hope to patients with no other options is the reason to go into them. But one should never expect any conventional recourse if it doesn't help or causes unseen complications.

It's not bad bedside manner either. It's just the truth.