Tag: Adavosertib

Wee1 Inhibitor Gets Win in Tough-to-Treat Ovarian Cancer

January 25, 2021 5:00 pm

By Ian Ingram

Adding the Wee1 inhibitor adavosertib to gemcitabine reduced the risk of disease progression and death in women with recurrent, platinum-resistant or -refractory ovarian cancer, a randomized phase II trial showed.

For the primary endpoint of progression-free survival … Read more

WEE1 Kinase Inhibitor Improved PFS in TP53-Mutated Ovarian Cancer

July 8, 2020 5:00 am

Preclinical studies of adavosertib indicated that the drug increased sensitization of TP53-mutated cells to chemotherapy.

By Leah Lawrence

Adavosertib, a WEE1 kinase inhibitor, plus carboplatin and paclitaxel improved progression-free survival (PFS) in women with TP53-mutated, platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer compared … Read more