LUME-Meso: This phase II/III trial is evaluating pemetrexed and cisplatin, alone and in combination with nintedanib, in patients with pleural mesotheliomaDouble Blind, Randomised, Multicentre, Phase II/III Study of Nintedanib in Combination With Pemetrexed / Cisplatin Followed by Continuing Nintedanib Monotherapy Versus Placebo in Combination With Pemetrexed / Cisplatin Followed by Continuing Placebo Monotherapy for the Treatment of Patients With Unresectable Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Exclusion

• Previous systemic chemotherapy for MPM
• Prior treatment with nintedanib or any other prior line of therapy
• Phase II patients with sarcomatoid subtype MPM or Phase III patients with biphasic or sarcomatoid subtype MPM
• Patients with symptomatic neuropathy
• Radiotherapy (except extremities) within 3 months prior to baseline imaging
• Active brain metastases (e.g. stable for < 4 weeks)
• Radiographic evidence of cavitary or necrotic tumours or local invasion of major blood vessels by MPM
• Significant cardiovascular diseases
• Inadequate hematologic, renal, or hepatic function