# Dr. Faustman Publishes Follow On BCG Data From Phase-I Trial

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dr-faustman-publishes-follow-on-bcg-data-from-phase-i-trial/4540>\
**Category:** T1 Research\
**Created:** [July 21, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dr-faustman-publishes-follow-on-bcg-data-from-phase-i-trial/4540 "2018-07-21T03:24:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![joshualevy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/joshualevy/32/2189_2.png) [@joshualevy](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/joshualevy)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dr-faustman-publishes-follow-on-bcg-data-from-phase-i-trial/4540/1 "2018-07-21T03:24:39Z")

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I just published a long, detailed blog posting on Dr. Faustman’s recent BCG paper. You can read it here:  
[https://cureresearch4type1diabetes.blogspot.com/…/dr-faustm…](https://cureresearch4type1diabetes.blogspot.com/%E2%80%A6/dr-faustm%E2%80%A6)

It is very hard to summarize all the details in one paragraph, but here is my best attempt:

There are two ways to evaluate a study aimed at curing type-1 diabetes: first, does it move us closer to a cure? and second, was it successful? The recently published BCG paper failed on both counts. The study found no clinically significant C-peptide data showing progress to a cure. Similarly, the study published no successful data on it’s primary end point (autoreactive T-cells). The excitement surrounding this study was based on A1c data, which is used to measure type-1 treatments, not cures.

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**Author:** ![TiaG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/tiag/32/594_2.png) [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dr-faustman-publishes-follow-on-bcg-data-from-phase-i-trial/4540/2 "2018-07-21T06:54:16Z")

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Thanks for this analysis. It’s very frustrating to see this information percolating through the D-community with lots of hype when it really is not justified.