A specific type of radiation could be useful for the treatment of mesothelioma. Carbon-ion beam irradiation along with the chemotherapy drug cisplatin could potentially stop the growth of pleural mesothelioma tumors. Research was conducted at a carbon ion center in Chiba, Japan and results have been published to the American[…]
Mesothelioma
Pleurectomy and Decortication is the Best Option for Bicavity Surgery on Peritoneal Mesothelioma
Patients with thoracic and abdominal mesothelioma can extend survival when they are given aggressive surgery. This news came from a study at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. When patients are given bicavity cytoreductive surgery, they had a median survival of 58.2 months. The results were published in December in[…]
A Treatment Involving Checkpoint Inhibitors Before Surgery is Showing Promising Results for Mesothelioma
Immunotherapy before aggressive surgery shows great promise for pleural mesothelioma. The combination has shown that it can improve survival for a group of patients with pleural mesothelioma in a phase II study at Baylor College of Medicine. The treatment uses two immune checkpoint inhibitors, durvalumab and tremelimumab. The two drugs[…]
Hemithoracic Irradiation With Proton Therapy in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (HIT-Meso)
Primary Outcome Measures Progression free survival [ Time Frame: From randomisation up to 2 years of follow up ] Defined as the time from randomisation to the date of disease progression Overall survival [ Time Frame: From randomisation up to 2 years of follow up ] defined as the time from randomisation to the date of death from[…]
First in Human Phase 1 Study of AG01 Anti-Progranulin/GP88 Antibody in Advanced Solid Tumor Malignancies
Primary Outcome Measures Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) and/or Maximum Administered Dose (MAD) [ Time Frame: 28 days during 1st cycle ] Determine the MTD and/or MAD of anti GP88 monoclonal antibody (AG-01) in subjects with advanced/refractory solid tumor malignancies for which no effective therapies exist. Antitumor Activity of AG-01 by Overall Response Rate (ORR)[…]
Mesothelioma Rates Increased Over a 30 Year Period
Mesothelioma diagnoses have almost doubled in the last 30 years, highlighting the need for better care and more ways to regulate and reduce asbestos exposure. There were around 35,000 people diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2019, while in 1990 there were around 19,000 people diagnosed. This information was released by the[…]
Gavo-Cel Moving to Phase II Trial for Mesothelioma
A study looking at T-cell therapy for mesothelioma is going to phase II of the clinical trial process. Researchers are trying to find out how effective the treatment is when combined with an approved immunotherapy combination. Researchers are looking at the relationship between gavocabtagene autoleucel (gavo-cel) with the combination of[…]
A Study of SGN-BB228 in Advanced Melanoma and Other Solid Tumors
Primary Outcome Measures Number of participants with adverse events (AEs) [ Time Frame: Through 30 days after the last study treatment; approximately 7 months ] Any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical investigational participant administered a medicinal product and which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment. Number of participants with[…]
STAR-101 Could Make CAR T-Cell Therapy More Effective for Mesothelioma Patients
Early next year, a new clinical trial will be conducted to test an immunotherapy treatment that has a new and unique delivery system. The study will be conducted at the University of Pennsylvania. The Food and Drug Administration gave orphan drug status to SynKIR-110, a CAR T-cell therapy utilized for[…]
SynKIR-110 for Mesothelin Expressing Ovarian Cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma or Mesothelioma
Primary Outcome Measures Safety and feasibility of SynKIR-110 [ Time Frame: Date of enrollment through date of last patient visit, up to 36 months. ] • The incidence, frequency, and severity of TEAEs, incidence of AEs related to native mesothelin-expressing tissues, • Incidence of CRS and/or neurologic toxicity Secondary Outcome Measures Define the MTD[…]
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