Category: <span>Chemotherapy/Chemo drugs</span>

Category: Chemotherapy/Chemo drugs

Chemotherapy/Chemo drugs, Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments, Immunotherapy, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News, Treatment

FDA Approves Keytruda With Chemotherapy to Treat Mesothelioma

 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new first-line treatment for people with pleural mesothelioma that can’t be removed with surgery. This new approval is specifically for a Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy combination.  The FDA’s approval follows promising results in phases 2 and 3 of the Keynote-483 trial. This clinical […]

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Chemotherapy/Chemo drugs, Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments, Immunotherapy, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News, Treatment

FDA Approves Keytruda With Chemotherapy to Treat Mesothelioma

 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new first-line treatment for people with pleural mesothelioma that can’t be removed with surgery. This new approval is specifically for a Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy combination.  The FDA’s approval follows promising results in phases 2 and 3 of the Keynote-483 trial. This clinical […]

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Chemotherapy/Chemo drugs, Immunotherapy, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News, Treatment

Trial Shows Keytruda With Chemotherapy Superior to Chemo Alone

 

Results of a new phase 3 clinical trial published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology indicate that a chemoimmunotherapy regimen combining chemotherapy with immunotherapy drugs improves patient survival more than chemotherapy alone for pleural mesothelioma. Study researchers used pembrolizumab (Keytruda) alongside platinum and pemetrexed chemotherapy. Christina S. Baik, MD, MPH, reviewed the phase 3 trial […]

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