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Primary Outcome Measures Incidence of Adverse Events (AEs) [ Time Frame: Up to 6 Months ] Time to onset of serious adverse events (SAEs) [ Time Frame: Up to 6 Months ] Time to onset of AEs [ Time Frame: Up to 6 Months ] Time to resolution of AEs [ Time Frame: Up to 6 Months ] Time to resolution of SAEs [ Time Frame: Up to 6 Months ] Incidence of physician seriousness…
A clinical trial called Checkmate 743, which looks at the immunotherapy drugs nivolumab (Opdivo) and ipilimumab (Yervoy), shows that the combination can create a better quality of life when compared with the chemotherapy drugs pemetrexed, cisplatin, and carboplatin. Patient reported outcomes were recently reported. People who took Opdivo and Yervoy had a better survival rate…
Primary Outcome Measures Progression Free Survival assessed locally [ Time Frame: time from first dose of combination Nivolumab-Ipilimumab to first documentation of disease progression or to death from any cause evaluated through the total duration of the study (up to 48 months) ] Progression free survival as assessed by the investigator, defined as the time from first dose of…
The Environmental Protection Agency just proposed a ban of all uses of chrysotile asbestos. It is the only asbestos that is imported into the country today. If banned, the material cannot be imported and the manufacturing, processing, distribution, and commercial use of it would be prohibited. The ban would be under the Toxic Substances Control…
Primary Outcome Measures Number of participant who are alive and have completed (neo)adjuvant DCT (5 administrations) and surgery at week 15 (+4 weeks) without extended treatment-related delay, persisting grade 3-4 treatment side-effects or evidence of progression [Feasibility] [ Time Frame: 2 years ] To determine the feasibility of DCT with Mesopher performed before and after eP/D in patients with…
Mesothelioma is a hard-to-treat cancer. Usually chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy are used, but they do not do enough to save people’s lives. Scientists may have figured out why this is the case and could potentially have found the main causes that affect survival. These include stage of the tumor, lymph node status, and histological…
Researchers are looking at a vaccine to maintain patient health after cancer treatment, which could be effective for mesothelioma in the future. The vaccine is specifically made for each patient based on the individual’s biology. The trial is currently being tested on head and neck cancer. It does not usually take long for mesothelioma to…
Researchers have found that targeting lung fibrosis can help people with mesothelioma. People with mesothelioma usually suffer from fibrosis, which is the stiffening of tissue surrounding tumors. Certain drugs to treat mesothelioma are not very effective because the fibrosis prevents the drugs from penetrating the tumor. It also prevents the immune system from detecting rogue…
Primary Outcome Measures Dose-limiting Toxicity [ Time Frame: First 21 days of treatment. ] The incidence of DLTs during the DLT assessment period. Frequency and Severity of Adverse Events (AE) [ Time Frame: Screening to 90 days from last dose. ] The incidences and percentages of patients experiencing AEs summarized by NCI CTCAE version 5.0 grade and by causality. Dose Finding [ Time Frame: Screening to…
Researchers are looking at a new treatment for mesothelioma. It is a multimodal treatment (multiple treatments combined) consisting of the immunotherapy drug Keytruda and a new drug called OT-101. OT-101 is an antisense drug, which is a drug that blocks molecules that make certain proteins. The drug is also effective at treating COVID-19. It blocks…
