This research study is studying a pair of immunotherapies as a possible treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma. The drugs involved in this study are: * Durvalumab * Tremelimumab
This research study is a Phase II clinical trial. Phase II clinical trials test the safety and effectiveness of an investigational drug to learn whether the drug works in treating a specific disease. "Investigational" means that the drug is being studied. The FDA (the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) has not approved durvalumab or tremelimumab as a treatment for any disease. In this research study, the investigators are studying if the study drug can help your cancer compared to the usual approach to treating malignant pleural mesothelioma . Durvalumab is a drug that blocks a protein often produced by cancer cells or surrounding cells to suppress immune cells from attacking cancer cells. Tremelimumab blocks a receptor on immune cells that normally suppresses immune attack. These two study drugs have been used alone for mesothelioma but the combination has not yet been tested for mesothelioma. These two drugs have been used for cancers such as melanoma and have been effective than using either drug alone.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
19
Tremelimumab blocks a receptor on immune cells that normally suppresses immune attack.
Durvalumab is a drug that blocks a protein often produced by cancer cells or surrounding cells to suppress immune cells from attacking cancer cells.
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Overall Response Rate (ORR)
Overall Response Rate (ORR) was defined as the proportion of participants achieving complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) as best response on treatment based on RECIST v1.1 criteria.
Time frame: ORR was assessed every 8 weeks from Cycle 1 Day 1 until date of documented disease progression or death. The median treatment duration is 1.91 months with range (0.00 months - 23.46 months).
Median Overall Survival (OS)
OS based on the Kaplan-Meier method is defined as the time from study entry to death or censored at date last known alive.
Time frame: OS is assessed from date of registration until date of death on-treatment or during follow-up. Survival data collection in long-term follow-up every 3-4 months. Median follow-up for survival is of 27.33 months with range (0.76 months - 50.40 months).
Median Progression Free Survival (PFS)
PFS based on the Kaplan-Meier method is defined as the duration between randomization and documented disease progression (PD) defined per RECIST 1.1 criteria. or death, or is censored at time of last disease assessment.
Time frame: Participants were evaluated for response every 8 weeks on study and in long-term survival followed-up every 3-4 months. Median follow-up for survival is of 27.33 months with range (0.76 months - 50.40 months).
Median Duration of Response (DOR)
DOR is measured from the time measurement criteria are met for CR or PR (whichever is first recorded) until the first date that recurrent or progressive disease is objectively documented (or censored at the date of last disease evaluation).
Time frame: The median of treatment duration is 1.91 months with range (0.00 months - 23.46 months).
Grade 4-5 Treatment-related Toxicity Rate
All grade 4-5 adverse events (AE) with treatment attribution of possibly, probably or definite based on CTCAEv4.03 that are not resolved in accordance with treatment guidelines were counted. Rate is the proportion of treated participants experiencing at least one of these adverse events as defined during the time of observation.
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Time frame: Toxicity is assessed from the time of first dose of study medication until the participant comes off study. The median of treatment duration is 1.91 months with range (0.00 months - 23.46 months).