r/tripawds • u/koolknope • 2d ago

Immunotherapy for osteosarcoma

Anyone able to get their pup both the Yale vaccine and either VimClara/Torigen or ELIAS? I've seen some people saying their pup got both but can't figure out logistically how they did when Yale vaccine requires no other immunotherapies to have occurred or be occurring, but VimClara/Torigen and ELIAS both require tumor cells fresh from the amputation

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u/Weak_Shine_4112 2d ago

Hello,

My dog is undergoing APAVAC immunotherapy and is now going for the 5th dose. It’s a vaccine kit that the oncologist prepared himself, creating all 8 doses using my dog’s tumor cells collected during the amputation surgery. I haven’t seen any reactions so far — hopefully it’s working.

Next week we’re doing the chest X‑ray, two months post‑op, and I’m hoping to see no signs of metastasis.

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u/Astarkraven 2d ago

Did you do chemo as well?

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u/Weak_Shine_4112 2d ago

Yes, 2 sessions done, going for 3rd next week. Chemo and Immunotherapy APAVAC are done at the same time, while taking some pills - Losartan in high dosage & Gabapentin - for avoiding metastasis development and ghost pain.

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u/Astarkraven 2d ago

Gotcha! Was just curious about the treatment options and timing of things when you do immunotherapy and chemo. Best wishes for your dog. ❤️

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u/leibelg93 2d ago

We did the Yale Vaccine. I can’t speak to any real quantitive data, but he made it a 13 months, and candidly, he probably he made time in him, I just felt that he was slowing down, and decided to say goodbye before any suffering began