Active clinical trials for "Mesothelioma, Malignant"

The goal of this clinical research study is to compare Progel® (a type of surgical sealant that is made from human blood products) to the standard of care (talcum powder) to learn if one method is better than the other for preventing air leaks in patients having a pleurectomy decortication.

Medical research participation percentages haven't always been fully representative of a given demographic. The goal is to find out which aspects of a clinical study may make it more difficult for patients to take part or see it through. The data will be evaluated through different demographic lenses and identify trends that could help improve the experience of future mesothelioma patients during clinical trials.

RATIONALE: An orientation and patient education program and telephone counseling may help improve the quality of life in patients with peritoneal surface malignancies. PURPOSE: This clinical trial studies quality of life and survivorship care in patients undergoing surgery and chemotherapy for peritoneal surface malignancies.

RATIONALE: Printed educational materials, such as the Facing Forward Series: Life After Cancer Treatment manual, may help make the transition from cancer patient to cancer survivor easier in patients who are finishing treatment for cancer. It is not yet known if the Facing Forward Series: Life After Cancer Treatment manual and The Cancer Information Service, Questions and Answers fact sheet is more effective than the The Cancer Information Service, Questions and Answers fact sheet alone in helping to make life after cancer treatment easier and to improve quality of life in patients with breast cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, or chest cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well printed education materials work in assisting patients who are finishing treatment for stage I, stage II, or stage IIIA breast cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, or chest cancer to make the transition from cancer patient to cancer survivor easier.

The study intervention consists of the early integration of palliative care services into standard oncology care in an outpatient setting for patients with advanced lung and non-colorectal gastrointestinal malignancies who are not being treated with curative intent. The palliative care services provided to patients randomized to the intervention will be provided by board-certified physicians and/or advanced practice nurses and will focus on the following areas: (1) developing and maintaining the therapeutic relationship with the patients and family caregivers; (2) assessing and treating patient symptoms; (3) providing support and reinforcement of coping with advanced cancer in patients and family caregivers; (4) assessing and enhancing prognostic awareness and illness understanding in patients and family caregivers; (5) assisting with treatment decision-making; and (6) end-of-life care planning.

A Phase I, Open-Label, Multicentre Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, PK and Preliminary Anti-tumor Activity when given as a monotherapy of Tremelimumab or Tremelimumab in combination with MEDI4736 in Japanese Patients with Advanced Solid Malignancies, and when given as a monotherapy of tremelimumab in Second- or Third-line Treatment of Japanese Subjects with Unresectable Pleural or Peritoneal Malignant Mesothelioma

This research study, is trying to determine the highest dose of magnesium that can be given safely to people with malignant mesothelioma receiving intraoperative chemotherapy with cisplatin who are at risk for acute kidney injury. The name(s) of the study drug involved in this study is magnesium sulfate.

Patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) frequently have significant physical symptoms, with up to 92% of patients complaining of three or more symptoms at presentation. Such symptom scores are similar to those reported in advanced non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and have been demonstrated to correlate with interference with activity and worse quality of life (QOL). Several studies have reported that baseline Quality of Life (QOL) is a significant prognostic factor for survival in NSCLC patients. In 2010, a non-blinded randomised controlled trial of 151 patients in the United States (US) demonstrated an improved QOL, fewer depressive symptoms and improved survival with early, regular specialist palliative care team (SPCT) involvement in addition to their routine care. The RESPECT-Meso study will examine the effect on quality of life following early Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) involvement for Regular Early Symptom Control Treatment (RESSCT) in addition to routine care in patients with newly diagnosed MPM in the United Kingdom (UK).

The objective of this study is to determine whether MEDI4736 or combination therapy with MEDI4736 + tremelimumab are associated with favorable alterations of the intratumoral immunologic environment in subjects undergoing resectional surgery for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma MPM.

Liposomal doxorubicin consists on doxorubicin encapsulated in liposomes that are composed of phosphatidylcholine and cholesterol. Liposomal doxorubicin can extravasate into tumors with abnormal vascular endothelium but may not penetrate normal tissues lowering its toxicity and increasing its efficiency. Combining Liposomal doxorubicin with cisplatin could be an effective new chemotherapy treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma . Hypothesis: Liposomal doxorubicin combined with cisplatin could increase response rates to chemotherapy, progression free survival and overall survival in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma.