I'm not sure about this study but Johns Hopkins is doing a study on Erbitux alone for people with severe dysplasia and they do not give a placebo to the control group. I considered participating in this study through their partnership with the Medical University of South Carolina but opted for surgery- Not because of concerns about the efficacy of Erbitux but because I was concerned about my dysplasia and it turned out I had more cancer.

I'm very interested in the results of this test as early results look promising.

Best of luck!

Catherine, SCC floor of mouth DX 2010,unclear margins, PET scan clear, no chemo or rad,biopsy in 9/2010, 2nd excision 10/2010 didn't get all carcinoma in situ; partial gloss & excis. right floor 2/2/2011 margins clear. Part.gloss-10/5/2011 sev dys clean marg. HPV neg. Don't smoke or drink. SCC floor of mouth left side 4/2016. Dysp excis. rt palate 7/2017 Part gloss sev dys lat marg 2/2019 Part gloss free flap rt neck disc 5/2020 Part gloss bilat neck disc 7/2020 33 rad 3 cis.