Mesothelioma

A Study of Immunotherapy Drugs Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Patients w/Resectable Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma

Primary Outcome Measures Major Pathologic (Disease) Response of Tumor to Nivolumab Combined with Ipilimumab Before Surgery [ Time Frame: 24 months ] The response of participant’s tumor to treatment with nivolumab and ipilimumab before surgery by analyzing tissue samples collected from participant during surgery for the presence of cancerous tumour cells. Major pathologic response[…]

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Mesothelioma Patient Health Improves a Year After Surgery

It could take time for mesothelioma patients to have better lung function after pleural mesothelioma surgery since some patients have better lung function a year after surgery compared to the days and weeks after the operation. Researchers in Japan published their findings in Integrative Cancer Therapies. There were 24 male[…]

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Chemotherapy With or Without Immunotherapy for Peritoneal Mesothelioma

Primary Outcome Measures Response rate [ Time Frame: Up to 4 years after study activation ] Will be compared between arms. Secondary Outcome Measures Major pathologic response rate [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ] The proportion of patients with a pathologic response will be calculated and compared between arms and 95% confidence intervals reported. The chi-square[…]

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Study of the Efficacy and Safety of the Bintrafusp Alfa in Previously Treated Advanced Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (BIMES)

Primary Outcome Measures To evaluate the efficacy of the treatment [ Time Frame: From the date of randomization to the date of last follow up, assessed up to 24 months ] To determine the efficacy of M7824 in terms of the Progression Free Survival (PFS) assessed by the investigator according to the modified Response[…]

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ONCOFID-P Was Given Orphan Drug Status to Treat Pleural Mesothelioma

Pleural mesothelioma could soon have a new approved treatment option. The Food and Drug Administration just granted orphan drug status to ONCOFID-P for the treatment of the cancer. It is currently being studied for invasive bladder cancer, but data from lab and mice models is showing it could be beneficial[…]

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CAR-T Cell Therapy and Keytruda is Showing Real Promise

Researchers at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center are experimenting with a combination of CAR-T cell therapy and Keytruda, a PD-1 blocker for the treatment of pleural mesothelioma. This is the first time that these two therapies have been combined. The results were recently published in Cancer Discovery. Mesothelioma is[…]

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Immunotherapy Treatment for Mesothelioma Could Become Safer and More Effective

Research could help create better and safer immunotherapy treatments for mesothelioma. Immunotherapy is a fast growing and exciting way to treat cancer because it uses the body’s own immune system to treat cancer instead of harmful drugs like chemotherapy.  Immunotherapy can be way more effective than typical treatments, but it[…]

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UNITO-001-A Phase II Study Niraparib Plus Dostarlimab in HRR/PDL1 Positive MPM/NSCLC (UNITO-001)

This is a single arm, prospective, interventional, multicenter phase 2 study of the combination of niraparib and dostarlimab in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and/or malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), and positive for PD-L1 expression (TPS ≥ 1%) and germline or somatic mutations in the DNA homologous recombination repair (HRR) genes.

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Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy With Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Mesothelioma

This phase I trial studies the effect of stereotactic body radiation therapy and immunotherapy in treating patients with mesothelioma. Stereotactic body radiation therapy uses special equipment to position a patient and deliver radiation to tumors with high precision. This method may kill tumor cells with fewer doses over a shorter period and cause less damage to normal tissue. Giving stereotactic body radiation therapy and immunotherapy may improve the tumors response to the treatment and decrease side-effects.

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Vinorelbine Could Soon be Used to Treat Mesothelioma

Vinorelbine could be a useful second-line treatment for patients with relapsed mesothelioma. A phase II clinical trial examined vinorelbine to see how effective it is in patients who had their pleural mesothelioma progress after platinum chemotherapy treatment. Doctors believe vinorelbine could be another option for patients instead of the standard[…]

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