Nivolumab significantly prolonged PFS and OS compared with placebo for patients with [ relapsed mesothelioma ], according to findings presented at International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer World Conference on Lung Cancer. “Mesothelioma is predominately a disease that is not suitable for surgery and is one for which chemotherapy has … [Read more...]
First-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab in unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma (CheckMate 743): a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial
Background: Approved systemic treatments for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) have been limited to chemotherapy regimens that have moderate survival benefit with poor outcomes. Nivolumab plus ipilimumab has shown clinical benefit in other tumour types, including first-line non-small-cell lung cancer. We hypothesised that this regimen would … [Read more...]