Replicel

[Sogeking]

Originally Posted by mimosa

I know I'm a woman and this is mostly a male oriented forum, but I wanna give my 2 cents.

I think that this announcement was made in order to make people realize that the previous results released were not all that bad. Of course some people will still think these are bad news, and I get it, 'cause we're all desperate for a cure (I should know, I'm a 23 year old woman with thinning hair, it's devastating)... but I still have faith in Replicel... I think they're on the right track and as has been noted before, these things take A LOT of time. These are new treatments, there's no background to compare them to, so results will vay a lot from time to time. I think that even if Replicel can't grow a lot of hair, if they can somehow make existing follicles immune to hair loss, that would be awesome! Sadly with science and new treatments it's all about trial and error and that takes time... I always remember that famous quote by Edison:

"I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that don't work".

And that's the way it is... but in any case I'm grateful thatt there are people working on this, and I think at least one out of the four main companies working on this will succeed. Maybe next year, maybe 5 years from now, maybe in 10 years... but some day, someone will make it. I know we all want a cure NOW - when I look in the mirror sometimes I feel very angry that there's still no way to fix such a fundamental part of my image... but I'm sure there will be a cure.

You know what would have been bad results, anyway? If this had somehow encouraged hair loss. Maybe I'm too optimistic or naive, but I'm one of the people who think that 6 months is still to early to judge Replicel's efficacy.

Welcome to the forum mimosa .
I feel the same way as you do. Hey if in 1 year post op they get 20-30% regrowth or increase in total hair than they mightbe on something.

But the guys at REplicel themselves have stated thay would deem their treatment successful if they get more than 15% regrowth...
We'll wait and see I guess...
Its frustrating but who knows...

[UK_]

Originally Posted by mimosa

You know what would have been bad results, anyway? If this had somehow encouraged hair loss.

It did for some of the participants! LOL

- but er yeh.... a 63% success rate aint half bad when they've yet to establish dosing/number of injections or even a time period - we all know how long hair loss treatments take to work, finasteride 12 months, minox 8 - 12 months... the hair max laser comb (lol) around 8 - 12 months... so we cant sit here and honestly expect miracles at 6 months.

Aderans only managed to get up to a circa 70% success rate after enrolling 250 patients in Phase II.. Replicel have done it in Phase I... I think we have to applaud that.

[kaandereli]

"RepliCel’s next (Phase IIb) trial is designed to be a dose-finding study which will assess the number of characterized cells and the appropriate treatment pattern necessary to promote optimal hair growth. Subject to regulatory approval, the Company is planning a 12-24 month clinical trial that will include multiple subject cohorts studying different doses of DSCC. Each subject will be given several different injections, while some cohorts will receive additional injections at subsequent time points. The Company will also review its standard operating procedures (SOPs) of cell biopsy, cell isolation, cell culture media, cell carrier, and injection media to fine-tune those processes in advance of a regulatory submission for a Phase IIb dosing trial."

they say that in phase 2 some patients will receive multiple injections at regular intervals.since phase 1 is about ensuring first the safety , they weren't free to make multiple dosages.
now i see why d.hall called 10-15% growth as success since they made only 1 injection.
in phase 2 , replicel may multiply the growth percentages.
this is why histogen have been showing significant results since they ve been injecting multiple dosages.

[iHope]

Originally Posted by kaandereli

only 1 injection.

That explains a lot... now let's hope it'll be sucessful.

[Horseshoe]

It seems like Replicel's stock price is falling faster than my hair and being that i'm already a NW7 it doen't look good for both the stock and my hair.

[gmonasco]

Replicel stock is now yours for 87 cents per share!

[67mph]

Further updates!

It may happen, 2 years from now,
perhaps...?

[yeahyeahyeah]

Originally Posted by 67mph

Further updates!

It may happen, 2 years from now,
perhaps...?

Tells us nothing.

And they haven't released photos, I have little hope on these guys.

[67mph]

Oh, right you are.

[ccmethinning]

Originally Posted by yeahyeahyeah

Tells us nothing.

And they haven't released photos, I have little hope on these guys.

They did release photos today. I don't see anything promising in the photos, but they did release them nonetheless.