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Oral AMXT 1501 Dicaprate in Combination With IV DFMO

August 26, 2022
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Primary Outcome Measures Determine DLTs and RP2Ds in AMXT 1501 in combination with IV DFMO [ Time Frame: 1 year ] Indicate Number of patients with DLTs in AMXT1501 in combination with IV DFMO in patients with advanced cancer to determine the RP2D within the duration of the dose escalation period of the study as defined by the DLT…

Keytruda as a Second Line Treatment for Mesothelioma

August 26, 2022
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A new second line treatment has been developed for pleural mesothelioma. The treatment was created at the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam. Research was done as a single-arm, open-label clinical trial combining pembrolizumab (Keytruda) and lenvatinib. The results were presented at the IASCL 2022 World Conference on Lung Cancer in Vienna, Austria. The two drugs…

Effect of HITHOC After Pleurectomy Decortication for Treatment of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

August 19, 2022
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Primary Outcome Measures disease free survival or time to recurrence [ Time Frame: Through out the whole study with maximum of 2 years ] time from clearance of disease till onset of recurrence of same disease overall survival [ Time Frame: till mortality of the case or 2 years maximum ] survival of the cases till mortality Secondary Outcome Measures comorbidities [ Time Frame: Through out…

A New Blood Test That Can Diagnose Mesothelioma Has Been Developed

August 19, 2022
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A blood test could make diagnosing mesothelioma faster, leading to doctors catching the disease earlier in patients. Mesothelioma is a hard-to-treat cancer mainly caused by asbestos. Once diagnosed, not much can be done because it has usually spread and progressed to a point where treatments like surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation are not as helpful. It…

Researchers Found a Relationship Between GISTs and Peritoneal Mesothelioma

August 12, 2022
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Scientists may have found an easy way to identify peritoneal mesothelioma, making it easier to detect and catch the cancer earlier. These researchers may have found a link between peritoneal mesothelioma and gastrointestinal stromal tumors. The research done in the division of surgical oncology at University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center found a…

Researchers Possibly Found a MicroRNA Biomarker to Diagnose Mesothelioma

August 5, 2022
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Italian researchers have potentially found a new biomarker for mesothelioma. The biomarker is a microRNA signature. This would allow doctors to determine if someone’s cancer is mesothelioma or another type of cancer quickly. Mesothelioma is a notoriously hard to treat cancer and early diagnosis is one of the keys to patients living a longer, higher…

Report Shows that Asbestos Ban Would Benefit Countries Around the World

July 29, 2022
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Banning asbestos could soon be a reality after a study linked asbestos, a toxic naturally occurring mineral, to mesothelioma, lung cancer, and other cancers. The report linked asbestos with different asbestos related diseases in 70 countries. The report was published in May by Environmental Health Perspectives, which is supported by the National Institute of Environmental…

A Phase 1/2 Trial of TC-510 In Patients With Advanced Mesothelin-Expressing Cancer

July 22, 2022
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Primary Outcome Measures Phase 1 – Establish the recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) according to dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) of defined adverse events. [ Time Frame: DLTs within 28 days post-treatment ] Phase 1 -The number and percent of patients in the DLT evaluable set who experienced DLTs from the first administration of study drug up to 28 days post…

An Inhalable Gene Therapy is Being Tested for Mesothelioma

July 22, 2022
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An inhalable gene therapy could potentially be approved for use in mesothelioma patients. Researchers in Japan have created two different tumor suppressing drugs that work by targeting genetic mutations. The drugs were created for non-small cell cancer and pleural mesothelioma. They are both doing well in the laboratory. The drugs are known as SFD-p16 and…

Niraparib Efficacy in Patient With Unresectable Mesothelioma (NERO)

July 15, 2022
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Primary Outcome Measures Progression-free survival [ Time Frame: From date of randomisation until the date of the first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 18 months ] Progression-free survival is the determined by modified RECIST (pleural disease), RECIST 1.1 (for non-pleural disease), investigator reported progression or death from any cause…