In November, 2016, MesotheliomaHelp reported about the start of a mesothelioma clinical trial testing the efficacy of ONCOS-102, an immuno-oncology therapy, when used in combination with chemotherapy drugs. Now, 18 months later, the researchers report “encouraging results” from the phase I/II trial. The clinical trial, being conducted at the Hospital Universitario Quirón in Barcelona, Spain, assessed the safety and “immunological activation” of the combination of ONCOS-102 with the chemotherapy combination of pemetrexed/cisplatin, the standard of care for pleural mesothelioma, according to a May 2 press release from Targovax, makers of the anti-cancer treatment. In the six-patient safety lead-in cohort, half […]
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