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Hyperthermic Intrathoracic Chemotherapy Modulates the Immune Microenvironment of Pleural Mesothelioma and Improves the Impact of Dual Immune Checkpoint Inhibition

Hao, Yameng  
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Gkasti, Aspasia  
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Managh, Amy J.
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February 3, 2025
Cancer Immunology Research

Pleural mesothelioma is a fatal disease with limited treatment options. Recently, pleural mesothelioma management has improved with the development of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). In first-line therapy, dual PD-1 and CTLA-4 blockade enhances tumor control and patient survival compared with chemotherapy. Unfortunately, only a fraction of patients is responsive to immunotherapy, and approaches to reshape the tumor immune microenvironment and make ICIs more effective are urgently required. In this study, we evaluated the effect of hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy (HITOC), a treatment that combines fever-range hyperthermia with local intrapleural cisplatin chemotherapy, on the tumor immune microenvironment and response to ICIs. To do this, we developed a murine pleural mesothelioma model of HITOC. We found that HITOC significantly improved tumor control and animal survival through a mechanism involving the development of a cytotoxic immune response. Additionally, HITOC enhanced immune checkpoint expression by T lymphocytes and synergized with dual PD-1 and CTLA-4 inhibition, leading to further improvement in animal survival. Finally, the analysis of peritoneal mesothelioma patient samples treated by pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy revealed a similar immunomodulation. In conclusion, HITOC remodels the tumor immune microenvironment of pleural mesothelioma by promoting T-cell infiltration into the tumor and could be considered in combination with ICIs in the context of a clinical trial.

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DOI
10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-24-0245
Web of Science ID

WOS:001511971300004

PubMed ID

39585317

Author(s)
Hao, Yameng  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Gkasti, Aspasia  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Managh, Amy J.

Loughborough University

Dagher, Julien

University of Lausanne

Sifis, Alexandros

University of Lausanne

Tiron, Luca

University of Lausanne

Chriqui, Louis-Emmanuel

University of Lausanne

Marie, Damien N.

University of Lausanne

Silva, Olga De Souza

University of Lausanne

Christodoulou, Michel

Valais Hosp

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Date Issued

2025-02-03

Publisher

AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH

Published in
Cancer Immunology Research
Volume

13

Issue

2

Start page

185

End page

199

Subjects

INTRAPERITONEAL AEROSOL CHEMOTHERAPY

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T-CELLS

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CISPLATIN

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MULTICENTER

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CYTOTOXICITY

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IPILIMUMAB

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SURVIVAL

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Science & Technology

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Life Sciences & Biomedicine

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REVIEWED

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EPFL

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LCOM  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne

Institute of Pathology from the Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

China Scholarship Council

201806010425;5377-06-2021

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July 29, 2025
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