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A trial looking at targeted drugs for mesothelioma (MiST)

Overview

Cancer types:

Mesothelioma

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial looked at several different treatments for that had continued to grow or had come back after chemotherapy.

MiST stands for Mesothelioma Stratified Therapy. The trial was designed to look at several new and different treatments at the same time. Some treatments were for anyone with advanced mesothelioma. Some were for people with specific gene or protein changes. There is more detail about this below.

The trial was open for people to join between 2019 and 2022. The team have published and presented results for the different groups between 2021 and 2024.

Recruitment start: 1 February 2019

Recruitment end: 22 November 2022

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Dean Fennell

Supported by

Asthma + Lung UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

University of Leicester

Victor Dahdelah Foundation

Last reviewed: 12 December 2024

CRUK internal database number: 15888

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