Among the ten remaining eligible patients, two were reported to have had a complete response to therapy.
Tumor response data were not available for one eligible patient.
The law says doctors can charge eligible patients no more than they are reimbursed under Medicare.
The foundation will provide financial, travel, lodging, and medical assistance to eligible patients in need.
As of August 2009, only 15 percent of 160,000 eligible patients had signed up.
Also, patients eligible for Government disability allowances are being helped to claim them.
This resulted in 156 patients eligible for inclusion in the study.
The application of eligible patients must be supported by a medical practitioner.
Retrospectively an additional 16 eligible patients were identified who had not been recruited.
That is, eligible patients are asked if they would agree to participate in the clinical trial as a whole.