Virtual Mind–Body Fitness Classes Show Unexpected Benefit in People with Cancer

December 15, 2023 9:00 am

By Edward Winstead

For people being treated for cancer, participating in virtual mind–body fitness classes may have important benefits, such as reducing the risk of being hospitalized for treatment-related problems, according to results from a clinical trial.

In the trial, … Read more

What Comes after NCI-MATCH? NCI’s New Precision Medicine Cancer Trials

December 6, 2023 9:00 am

By James H. Doroshow, M.D.

More than 8 years ago, NCI launched NCI-MATCH, a first-of-its-kind precision medicine cancer clinical trial. NCI-MATCH tested different targeted therapies in people with cancer whose tumors had specific genetic changes. This year, three second-generation precision

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PC14586 Targets Previously “Undruggable” p53 in Treatment of Solid Tumors

Despite previous unsuccessful attempts to target p53, investigators have continued to try to develop novel therapeutics directed at the tumor suppressor gene with the goal of restoring p53 wild-type activity.

November 27, 2023 9:00 am

By Kyle Doherty

Despite previous unsuccessful attempts to target p53, investigators have continued to try to develop novel therapeutics directed at the tumor suppressor gene with the goal of restoring p53 wild-type activity. With the initiation of the phase … Read more

Raludotatug Deruxtecan Elicits Early Efficacy and Safety in Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer

November 17, 2023 9:00 am

Clearity’s Perspective: A phase I clinical trial studying the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) raludotatug deruxtecan (DS-6000a, R-DXd) shows early encouraging activity in heavily pretreated ovarian cancer. The antibody portion of raludotatug deruxtecan targets CDH6 (found in about 65-85% of ovarian cancers) Read more

RAF/MEK and FAK Inhibitor Combo Effective in Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

November 5, 2023 9:00 am

Clearity’s Perspective: The combination of avutometinib and defactinib has shown encouraging activity in Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer. Updated results from the RAMP 201 trial suggest that the combination is active regardless of the number of prior therapies patients have received. Read more

HIPEC Improves Long-Term Outcomes in Stage III Ovarian Cancer

September 25, 2023 9:00 am

By Andrea S. Blevins Primeau, PhD, MBA

Adding hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) to interval cytoreductive surgery improves long-term outcomes in patients with stage III epithelial ovarian cancer, according to updated trial results published in The Lancet Oncology.

These 10-year … Read more

Personalized cancer vaccine and adoptive T cell therapy benefits patients with advanced ovarian cancer: Study

September 21, 2023 9:00 am

By Andrea S. Blevins Primeau, PhD, MBA

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has shown that combining adoptive T cell therapy (ACT) with an innovative, personalized cancer vaccine under development at the Lausanne Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research … Read more

Clinical trial gives women with gene mutation power over disease

September 8, 2023 9:00 am

Shared by Norma Rabago

When Juana Padron, a 40-year-old mother of four, chose to have a genetic test, going against her friends and family’s advice was the last thing on her mind.

Padron’s aunt died from breast cancer, and she … Read more

Batiraxcept Plus Paclitaxel Misses PFS End Point in Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer

August 3, 2023 9:00 am

The addition of batiraxcept to paclitaxel did not significantly improve progression-free survival compared with paclitaxel alone in a prespecified subset of patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer who were not previously exposed to bevacizumab, missing the primary end point of the Read more

Aerobic exercise may reduce chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in ovarian cancer

August 2, 2023 9:00 am

Key takeaways:

  • Women assigned a 6-month intervention reported decreased chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy symptoms.
  • Women in the control group reported a slight increase in symptoms.

A 6-month aerobic exercise intervention significantly improved self-reported chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy among women who underwent chemotherapy … Read more

DESTINY-PanTumor-02: Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Has Activity Against a Range of HER2-Expressing Solid Tumors

June 7, 2023 6:55 am

Key Points:

  • Interim results of the phase 2 trial DESTINY-PanTumor-02 show that T-DXd has broad activity across tumor types and a toxicity profile consistent with previous studies.
  • T-DXd had the lowest activity in pancreatic cancer, and this cohort was stopped
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Avutometinib Plus Defactinib Demonstrates Promising Activity in Recurrent LGSOC

June 6, 2023 7:03 am

Treatment with avutometinib plus defactinib elicited high responses among patients with recurrent low grade serous ovarian cancer compared with avutometinib monotherapy, supporting the use of the combination in this patient population regardless of KRAS status, according to data from the … Read more

Study shows efficacy and safety of novel FolRα-targeting antibody drug conjugate in recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer

June 4, 2023 6:58 am

Updated dose expansion data of the phase I STRO-002-GM1 study have been presented today by Ana Oaknin, Principal Investigator of the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology’s (VHIO) Gynecological Malignancies Group, on the ground at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the … Read more

Olaparib-durvalumab regimen prolongs PFS for certain women with advanced ovarian cancer

June 3, 2023 7:02 am

Key takeaways:

  • Researchers reported statistically significant improvement in median PFS with the combination added to standard of care in non-BRCA-mutated disease.
  • The relative contribution of durvalumab requires further study.

 

CHICAGO — First-line chemotherapy plus bevacizumab and durvalumab … Read more

Quintuple Regimen Prolongs PFS in Advanced, High-Grade Epithelial Ovarian Cancer +/- BRCA Mutations

April 5, 2023 4:55 pm

by Nichole Tucker

The DUO-O press release went out on 4/5/2023. It suggests that adding immunotherapy to PARP inhibitor maintenance therapy for newly diagnosed ovarian cancer patients that have finished first-line platinum treatment may be beneficial. We are eagerly awaiting Read more

Clinical Trial Participation Linked to Longer OS in Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer

March 27, 2023 9:42 am

by Jessica Nye, PhD

Patients with platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian cancer may have better overall survival (OS) if they enroll on a clinical trial than if they receive standard care, according to study results presented at the 2023 SGO Annual Meeting … Read more

Neoadjuvant olaparib feasible for women with germline-mutant ovarian cancer

March 27, 2023 9:13 am

by Devin McLaughlin

Neoadjuvant therapy with olaparib showed feasibility for women with germline-mutant ovarian cancer, according to results of the NOW trial presented at Society of Gynecologic Oncology Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer.

Researchers observed favorable surgical outcomes — even … Read more

Botensilimab/Balstilimab Combo Elicits Deep Responses in Platinum-Resistant/Refractory Ovarian Cancer

March 27, 2023 9:11 am

by Jason Harris

Botensilimab (AGEN1181) in combination with balstilimab (AGEN2034) induced durable responses in patients with resistant/refractory ovarian cancer, according to findings from the phase 1 C-800 study (NCT03860272) presented at the 2023 SGO Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer.1Read more

FDA Approves Mirvetuximab Soravtansine-gynx for FRα+ Platinum-resistant Ovarian Cancer

November 14, 2022 12:21 pm

By Kristi Rosa

The FDA has granted accelerated approval to mirvetuximab soravtansine-gynx (Elahere) for the treatment of adult patients with folate receptor α (Frα)–positive, platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer, who have received 1 to 3 prior … Read more

Anti-cancer drugs, olaparib and adavosertib, work best when given sequentially in patients with advanced tumours driven by DNA damage response mutations: results from Phase Ib STAR clinical trial

October 27, 2022 2:26 pm

Barcelona, Spain: Patients with cancers that are driven by certain mutations occurring in response to DNA damage can be safely treated with two drugs, olparib and adavosertib, if they are given in sequence rather than concurrently.

Presenting results from the … Read more