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BTS Guideline for the Investigation and Management of Pleural Mesothelioma

ATOMIC-Meso: A randomized phase 2/3 trial of ADI-PEG20 or placebo with pemetrexed and cisplatin in patients with argininosuccinate synthetase 1-deficient non-epithelioid mesothelioma.

A randomised phase II trial of niraparib versus active symptom control in patients with previously treated mesothelioma: NERO

Surgical Trials 

• MARS Extra-pleural pneumonectomy versus no extra-pleural pneumonectomy for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma: clinical outcomes of the Mesothelioma and Radical Surgery (MARS) randomised feasibility study. Click here to learn more.

• MARS2 Mesothelioma and Radical Surgery 2 (MARS 2): protocol for a multicentre randomised trial comparing (extended) pleurectomy decortication versus no (extended) pleurectomy decortication for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Click here to learn more.

Systemic Therapy Trials

• Pemetrexed & Cisplatin Pemetrexed in combination with cisplatin versus cisplatin alone in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Click here to learn more.

• CONFIRM Nivolumab versus placebo in patients with relapsed malignant mesothelioma (CONFIRM). Click here to learn more.

• Checkmate 743 First-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab in unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma (CheckMate 743): Click here to learn more.

• VIM Vinorelbine in Mesothelioma (VIM): A Randomised Phase II Trial of Oral Vinorelbine as Second-Line Therapy for Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. Click here to learn more.

Radiotherapy Trials

• Prophylactic Radiotherapy Prophylactic Irradiation of Tracts (PIT) in Patients with Pleural Mesothelioma: Results of a Multicenter Phase III Trial. Click here to learn more.

• Prophylactic radiotherapy for the prevention of procedure-tract metastases after surgical and large-bore pleural procedures in malignant pleural mesothelioma (SMART). Click here to learn more.

• A trial of higher dose radiotherapy to treat pain caused by mesothelioma (SYSTEMS-2). Click here to learn more.

• New Clinical Trial: Hemithoracic Irradiation with Proton Therapy in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (HIT-Meso). Click here to learn more.

Mesothelioma UK Research Centre - Sheffield University

• Gender and the experiences of living with mesothelioma. Click here to learn more.

• Living with mesothelioma: A qualitative study of the experiences of male military veterans in the UK. Click here to learn more.

•  Communication of a mesothelioma diagnosis: developing recommendations to improve the patient experience. Click here to learn more.

•  Understanding the palliative care needs and experiences of people with mesothelioma and their family carers. Click here to learn more.

•  Patient experiences of participation in a radical thoracic surgical trial: findings from the Mesothelioma and Radical Surgery Trial (MARS 2). Click here to learn more.

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