Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma

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Regulatory Watchboard

10 events
Dec 2025PTC-Guided Therapy for Peritoneal Mesothelioma

Beijing Tsinghua Chang Gung Hospital — NA

TrialRECRUITING
Jan 2024Sintilimab, Bevacizumab, Pemetrexed, and Cisplatin for Unresectable MPeM

Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences — PHASE2

TrialRECRUITING
Nov 2023Immune Microenvironment and Gene Expression Profiling in Mesothelioma

Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS

TrialRECRUITING
Sep 2023A Study of Additional Chemotherapy After Surgery for People With Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — PHASE2

TrialRECRUITING
Mar 2022Chemotherapy With or Without Immunotherapy for Peritoneal Mesothelioma

National Cancer Institute (NCI) — PHASE2

TrialRECRUITING
Nov 2020PIPAC With Nab-paclitaxel and Cisplatin in Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

University Hospital, Geneva — PHASE1

TrialACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
Mar 2016Methoxyamine, Cisplatin, and Pemetrexed Disodium in Treating Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors or Mesothelioma That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery or Mesothelioma That Is Refractory to Pemetrexed Disodium and Cisplatin or Carboplatin

National Cancer Institute (NCI) — PHASE1, PHASE2

TrialACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
May 2013Randomized, Double-blind Study Comparing Tremelimumab to Placebo in Subjects With Unresectable Malignant Mesothelioma

MedImmune LLC — PHASE2

TrialACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
Feb 2004

Alimta: FDA approved

Treatment of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma whose disease is either unresectable or who are otherwise not candidates for curative surgery

FDAcompleted
Dec 1997

Sclerosol Intrapleural Aerosol: FDA approved

Prevention of recurrence of malignant pleural effusions in symptomatic patients.

FDAcompleted

Data from FDA regulatory filings and ClinicalTrials.gov. Updated periodically.

Financial Assistance

4 programs

FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE SUMMARY

4

Total programs

4

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Sclerosol Intrapleural Aerosol

Sciarra Laboratories, Inc.

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Blenoxane

Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute

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Patient Assistance Programs2

OPDIVO� and YERVOY�

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

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Alimta

Eli Lilly and Company

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Approved Treatments

6 FDA-approved

Alimta

(pemetrexed disodium)Orphan drug

Eli Lilly and Company

12.1 Mechanism of Action ALIMTA is a folate analog metabolic inhibitor that disrupts folate-dependent metabolic processes essential for cell replicati...

Approved Feb 2004FDA label ↗

Sclerosol Intrapleural Aerosol

(Sterile talc powder)Orphan drug

Sciarra Laboratories, Inc.

Approved Dec 1997

Blenoxane

(Bleomycin sulfate)Orphan drug

Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute

Mechanism of Action Although the exact mechanism of action of bleomycin is unknown, available evidence indicates that the main mode of action is the i...

Approved Feb 1996FDA label ↗

OPDIVO� and YERVOY�

(nivolumab and ipilimumab)Orphan drugstandard

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Yervoy

(ipilimumab)Orphan drugstandard

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

CTLA-4-directed Blocking Antibody [EPC]

12.1 Mechanism of Action CTLA-4 is a negative regulator of T-cell activity. Ipilimumab is a monoclonal antibody that binds to CTLA-4 and blocks the in...

FDA label ↗

KEYTRUDA

(pembrolizumab)Orphan drugstandard

MSD International Business GmbH

Endoglycosidase [EPC]

12.1 Mechanism of Action Binding of the PD-1 ligands, PD-L1 and PD-L2, to the PD-1 receptor found on T cells, inhibits T cell proliferation and cytoki...

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Clinical Trial Landscape

4 active trials
2Phase 2
1N/A
1Unknown
4Total recruiting
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Recent News & Research

6 articles
British journal of cancerApr 14, 2026

Genomic sequencing of multicystic mesothelioma finds cohesin complex mutations associated with disease recurrence in patients referred for cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC.

Multicystic mesothelioma (MCM) is a rare disease and there is debate about it's neoplastic nature with a spectrum of disease behaviour and little known about the genomic profile. In contrast, the geno...

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Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear MedicineApr 1, 2026

Ascorbic Acid Analog 6-Deoxy-6- 18 F-Fluoro-l-Ascorbic Acid PET Imaging of 23 Various Cancer Types.

High-dose ascorbic acid (AA) has shown promise as an adjunctive treatment for various cancers because of its prooxidant cytotoxicity at high concentrations and its multitargeting effects. However, ide...

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European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical OncologyMar 29, 2026

Ten-year of French multicentric experience in the management of peritoneal mesothelioma with 924 patients.

Diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (DMPM) is a rare disease for which only selected patients are eligible for cytoreductive surgery (CRS) with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)....

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Japanese journal of radiologyMar 21, 2026

Pretreatment volume-based 18 F-FDG PET/CT parameters as prognostic indicators in malignant peritoneal mesothelioma patients.

This study was conducted to examine relationships of pretreatment volume-based quantitative 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose ( 18 F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) parameters wit...

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Genes, chromosomes & cancerFeb 19, 2026

Novel EWSR1::TEAD3 Fusion in an Adolescent With a Highly Aggressive Peritoneal Mesothelioma.

Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (MPM) is an exceptionally rare entity in children and adolescents, exhibiting distinct clinicopathological features compared to its adult counterpart. Unlike adult ca...

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Frontiers in oncologyFeb 19, 2026

Analysis on the efficacy and safety of chemotherapy combined with or without bevacizumab after CRS+HIPEC in patients with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a single-center retrospective study.

To investigate the efficacy and safety of pemetrexed/platinum-based chemotherapy combined with or without bevacizumab after cytoreductive surgery (CRS) with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (...

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