Carboplatin Alimta and Keytruda Treatment: What's your experience?

Don’t push yourself too hard these days after treatment. I have some serious sick days two to four days after treatment. As far as trials, I was advised to go to the U of Minnesota or the Mayo. Gratefully , Mayo has taken me on and the oncology team does the research, I am the patient patient hoping for the best. Best wishes to you on this path to better health.

Alright ladies! I made it through my first treatment. So far so good. In fact this is the best that I have felt in a couple months. I hope and pray that this treatment works for all of us. I won't have a scan until after my second treatment. I was given 5 different nausea medicines that must have really done the job. Prayers and hugs to all of you. WE ARE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS!!! No One fights alone! Please keep me posted on your progress!

Thank you for the reminder not to push too hard after treatment. When you're feeling good, the side effects can sneak up on you.
My oncologist mentioned clinical trials, so it got me thinking and looking into it further, then I saw your post.
I hope your treatment is successful and a there is a clinical trial that is right for you, if that is your next step.
Best wishes to you too as you travel to better heath as well. I will look for your posts to follwo your journey. Thanks for sharing.

I hope you continue to feel good days and days after your treatment! I am about 32 hours after my treatment and I still feeling pretty good! Prayers and hugs to you too!
Amen to "WE ARE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS!!! nO oNE FIGHTS ALONE!"
Thanks for sharing.

Well I spoke way to soon. The nausea is kicking my Kester. Today has been a really bad day. The medicine is not even touching this. Any suggestions to help with the nausea????

@schmeeckle64, I hope you were able to reach out to your doctor. They should have additional options to combat the nausea. I've read that it just takes the 'right' combination that works for you. Fingers crossed that you are feeling better! Hugs.

Holy cow! I never thought I would feel this bad. It has been 4 days and still am not feeling well. I go in on Friday so I will definitely ask him if there is something else I can try.

Thank you!

I know it's been several years since this post was created, but I'm wondering what peoples' experience with this drug combination has been since. I have what looks like Stage 3 NSCLC (at least from the current CT scan, I have a PET scan scheduled on Monday to see if it's spread anywhere else). My oncologist at UCSF is almost certain this is a recurrence (I had Stage 3B in 2008, then have had a series of lung nodules becoming malignant since 2018), and informed me that he'll start me on the alimta, carbo and keytruda combo once we get positive results. He wants to do four regimens and then after that keytruda only. Right now after reading so many grim things about possible reactions to keytruda, I'm frankly terrified of starting it. I'm curious, has being treated with these three drugs resulted in anyone becoming NED?

Hi @dougmck, I'm just checking in. Did your PET scan go ok? Have you and your oncologist finalized a treatment plan?

Thanks for checking in with me. The PET scan not only showed pretty definitecancer activity in the nodule, but it has reached the subcarinal lymph node and some othersas well. This morning I went for a bronchial biopsy. I'm not sure why, but the pulmonologist told me she would biopsy both the nodule as well as the node, and she would be able to tell me immediately if it was cancer because they could look at the collected cells under a scope. She only saw me briefly after the procedure and said she just sampled the node (???). It's been sent for molecular testing, which could take weeks to get the results before treatment. I'm not happy with the way this is going... right now really scared that it's spreading everywhere. I pushed on getting a liquid biopsy, which I'll have drawn tomorrow. I don't know how long those results will take, but I want to start tx of some kind asap.