Randy,

I have no information about the other 2 sites. I called Stony Brook to see if they were doing any "off label" work since the stage III study seemed to be stalled and safety has been established. They referred me to the research section and I was told the stage III study there was almost complete.

Does anyone have any experience or opinion of this for the treatment of Dupuytren's. The pdlabs web site is quite encouraging.

When the feet are affected, it is called Lederhose disease. When the penis is affected, it is called Peyronie's disease.
http://www.uihealthcare.com/topics/bonesjointsmuscles/bone3422.html

So, why is that important? Because, as far as I can tell (search yourself I may have it wrong) there are approved enzyme injections for Peyronie's and perhaps other solutions. Things get approved for SPECIFIC uses. Your body is not aware of the regulations. Try searching on 'Peyronie's disease' and 'Lederhose disease' - I'm uncomfortable summarizing what I've seen - I could have made a wrong assumption somewhere.

Just tell the doctor that your hand is your willie and you're all set. :-)

But, all kidding aside and criticsm too (although, my god you can get injections to fix your penis but not your hand? HUH?) - there may be a topical solution for Peyronie's. It may work for Dupuytren's contracture. Google is a wonderful thing. If there is such a thing approved, the people who make it will not want to cross the powers-that-be knowing that the product is used on the hand. I don't even know if the compound works. This is a long progressing and non-threatening disease so you can try a couple things before resorting to NA (who would get the other surgury if you can get the NA). Google Dupuytren's contracture and the doctor in Florida's link shows as a paid link on the right. http://www.handcenter.org
I know nothing about them but it looks great.
Of course a topical or injection (if/when available), I'd prefer but I'm not YOU.

I wonder when Collegenase goes off patent. It seems like the Wegmans are just squatting on it, doing nothing with it themselves and not allowing anyone else to either.

It's mystifying to me why it's taking so long. There's a huge market out there for it, and every hand doctor is aware of it, so there wouldn't be much marketing effort needed.

- MML