Marko Skelin, Assistant Professor at University of Rijeka, shared an article on LinkedIn:
“New Insights on Immunotherapy in Mesothelioma from Our Latest Research.
We (Mirko Grubor, Ivan Krečak, Bruna Perkov, Marko Skelin) are excited to share our new meta-analysis, published in the Journal of Chemotherapy, diving into immunotherapy’s role in treating mesothelioma.
After analyzing 7 clinical trials with 2,549 patients, here’s what we found:
Immunotherapy significantly improves overall survival (OS) with a pooled hazard ratio of 0.78 (P=0.0005), a promising step forward for patient outcomes.
Graph B: Surprisingly, no meaningful link between OS and objective response rate (ORR) (r=-0.23, P=0.66). This challenges the reliance on ORR as a primary measure in early drug development trials in this setting, and opens up new questions for exploration.
Graph A: A striking correlation between OS and progression-free survival (PFS) (r=0.86, P=0.01). This suggests PFS could serve as a reliable endpoint in future early drug development studies, potentially speeding up trial timelines.”
Immunotherapy in mesothelioma – systematic review and meta-analysis of immunotherapy impact on OS and its correlation with PFS and ORR.
Authors: Marko Skelin, Kaja Matić, Andrea Anić-Matić, Ivan Krečak, Bruna Perkov-Stipičin, and Mirko Grubor.
You can read the full article on Journal of National Library of Medicine.
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