Turning NEGATVES into positives with immutherpy drugs.
Tremelimumab STORY is quite interesting.
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare, aggressive malignancy with limited therapeutic options and poor
prognosis. There has been long-standing interest in the potential applications of immunotherapy for the treatment of MPM. Recently, B7-H1, also known as programmed cell death ligand 1, expression in MPM was correlated with sarcomatoid subtypes and worse clinical outcomes (1). In addition, a recent clinical trial suggested a potential role for cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) inhibition for the treatment of MPM (2). These studies suggest MPM may be sensitive to immune checkpoint inhibitors.
Here we present the case of a patient with spontaneous regression of MPM in the setting of the onset of an autoimmune syndrome. atsjournals.org/doi/pdf/10....