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Mesotheliona Clinical Trials

In order to one day find a mesothelioma cure, doctors engage in clinical trials where they test new mesothelioma drugs to determine the if they are effective.

Mesothelioma clinical trials follow a plan of very strict scientific guidelines, which is called a protocol. The protocol explains everything that will happen in the study. It must be approved by review boards made up of health care professionals and other qualified people before the study can enroll patients.

When a potential mesothelioma drug is first identified, preclinical studies, which are conducted in a laboratory setting, help to find out whether the drug is safe to test in humans. During this stage, the drug is usually studied in animals to answer questions about how a drug works and how the body changes and disposes of it. Humans do not participate in preclinical studies. There are four possible phases of cancer clinical trials in humans, each designed to answer different questions about the treatment being studies.

In Phase I mesothelioma clinical trials, doctors are primarily studying the safety of giving mesothelioma drugs to humans, while also looking for the best way to give a medication (for example, as a pill, an injection, or an infusion). They will usually study how the mesothelioma drug is eliminated from the body in humans. Also, doctors are trying to find the right doses for further testing. They carefully watch for any side effects. Phase I study drugs are usually given to small groups of humans. During this phase, for drugs used to treat mesothelioma cancer, investigators may be able to find out which tumors a treatment works best in.

In Phase II mesothelioma clinical trials, the mesothelioma drug is studies in a larger group. The primary purpose of these studies is to see how well the drug or treatment shrinks tumors in patients with specific types of cancer. The investigator will watch closely for side effects and will also watch how the disease responds to the treatment.

In Phase III mesothelioma clinical trials, the new cancer treatment is generally compared to a standard existing treatment. Patients are usually randomly assigned (that is, a process similar to flipping a coin is used to determine which treatment the patient receives) to receive either a standard treatment or the new treatment. During the trial, patients may or may not be told which treatment they are getting but are told what to expect and what to watch for. Occasionally, even the doctor will not know which treatment each patient is getting so that he or she can remain unbiased about how the disease is responding to the treatment. (This is uncommon in cancer clinical trials). Phase III studies are designed to ensure that any side effects that patients experience are identified treated according to local standards of care.

Phase IV mesothelioma clinical trials study a drug that has already been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Drug companies often sponsor these trials to study even more uses of drugs already available.

D-14109 Berlin, Germany; Pneumologie II, Zentralklinik Emil von Bering
ONCONASE ® plus doxorubicin vs. doxorubicin for patients with Malignant Pleural or Peritoneal Mesothelioma who have had no more than one prior chemotherapy regimen.

D-21075 Hamburg, Germany; Allgemeines Krankenhaus Harburg
ONCONASE ® plus doxorubicin vs. doxorubicin for patients with Malignant Pleural or Peritoneal Mesothelioma who have had no more than one prior chemotherapy regimen.

D-22927 Grosshansdorf, Germany; Krankenhaus Grosshansdorf, Zentrum fur Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie, Pneumo.- Onkolog. Abteilung
ONCONASE ® plus doxorubicin vs. doxorubicin for patients with Malignant Pleural or Peritoneal Mesothelioma who have had no more than one prior chemotherapy regimen.

D-81675 Munchen, Germany; TU Munchen, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Med. Klinik Hamatologie und Onkologie
ONCONASE ® plus doxorubicin vs. doxorubicin for patients with Malignant Pleural or Peritoneal Mesothelioma who have had no more than one prior chemotherapy regimen.

D-82131 Gauting, Germany; Asklepios Fachkliniken, Zentrum fur Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie
ONCONASE ® plus doxorubicin vs. doxorubicin for patients with Malignant Pleural or Peritoneal Mesothelioma who have had no more than one prior chemotherapy regimen.

Alessandria, Italy; Azienda Osped. Nazion Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Divisione di Pneumologia
ONCONASE ® plus doxorubicin vs. doxorubicin for patients with Malignant Pleural or Peritoneal Mesothelioma who have had no more than one prior chemotherapy regimen.

Genova, Italy; Struttura Semplice di Pneumotisiologia, Ospedale San Marino
ONCONASE ® plus doxorubicin vs. doxorubicin for patients with Malignant Pleural or Peritoneal Mesothelioma who have had no more than one prior chemotherapy regimen.

Pavia, Italy; IRCCS - Policlinico San Matteo, Clinica Malattie dell Apparato Respiratorio
ONCONASE ® plus doxorubicin vs. doxorubicin for patients with Malignant Pleural or Peritoneal Mesothelioma who have had no more than one prior chemotherapy regimen.

Pavia, Italy; IRCCS - Policlinico San Matteo, Divisione di Pneumologia
ONCONASE ® plus doxorubicin vs. doxorubicin for patients with Malignant Pleural or Peritoneal Mesothelioma who have had no more than one prior chemotherapy regimen.

Venezia, Italy; Ospedale Civile di Venezia, Unita Operativa Oncologia Medica
ONCONASE ® plus doxorubicin vs. doxorubicin for patients with Malignant Pleural or Peritoneal Mesothelioma who have had no more than one prior chemotherapy regimen.

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