Pleural Mesothelioma
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…
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…
Primary Outcome Measures Phase 1: Number of Patients who Experience Dose-Limiting Toxicity [ Time Frame: 21 days ] Phase 1/1B: Number of patients who experience a treatment-related adverse event [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ] Phase 2: Objective response rate (ORR) [ Time Frame: 2 years ] Phase 2: Duration of response (DOR) [ Time Frame: 2 years ] Phase 2: Progression free survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: 2 years ] Phase 2:…
Primary Outcome Measures Number of participants with adverse events (AEs), serious AEs (SAEs), dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs), changes in laboratory values, vital signs and electrocardiogram (ECG) [ Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 1 to 30 days after the last dose of HFB200301 (each cycle is 28 days), assessed up to 3 years ] To determine a Recommended Phase 2 Dose…
Primary outcome Measures evaluate the immunohistochemical expression of Glypican-1 in pleural epitheloid mesothelioma, lung adenocarcinoma and lung SCC [ Time Frame: 1 month ] Immunohistochemical study to correlate its expression with some known clinico-pathological parameters, to evaluate its diagnostic and prognostic role. [ Time Frame: 1 month ] Statistical analysis Inclusion Criteria Patients with pleural epithelioid mesothelioma and lung adenocarcinoma and SCC who…
A new study is showing how the tumor microenvironment helps mesothelioma progress and survive in the body. Mesothelioma tumors create a complex microenvironment surrounding themselves. The microenvironment is simply the area surrounding the tumors. The new study shows that the microenvironment that mesothelioma tumors create assists cancer initiation and progression. Scientists are trying to figure…
Italian researchers believe that lung sparing surgery can improve survival in mesothelioma patients, even when surgeries are more conservative. Pleurectomy and decortication is the surgery that spares the lungs. It is less comprehensive than the surgery that removes the lungs, which also makes it less dangerous to patients. Doctors at the Venice-Mestre hospital have found…
Primary Outcome Measures Number of Patients with Dose-limiting Toxicities [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 21 Days ] A DLT is defined as an AE that meets at least one of the criteria listed in protocol, according to National Cancer Institute (NCI) common terminology criteria for AE (CTCAE) version 5.0, and is considered by the Investigator to be clinically…
Mesothelioma, a cancer of the membrane that surrounds the lungs, abdomen, heart, and testicles is a very aggressive cancer. It spreads very quickly and when the tumors grow big enough, they crowd out organs and make it hard for people to breath. Mesothelioma sufferers can experience coughing, chest pain, and shortness of breath among other…
