by Lindsey Fischer
A real-world analysis showed that the proportion of women with ovarian cancer who required dose modifications or treatment discontinuations while receiving PARP inhibitors differed significantly between olaparib, niraparib, and rucaparib.
Patients with ovarian cancer treated with FDA-approved
by University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Newswise — CHICAGO ― Results from three early-stage clinical trials led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center show promising activity with novel immunotherapies and targeted therapies for … Read more
by Lisa Astor
Bevacizumab improved progression-free survival and overall survival when added to frontline chemotherapy in patients with advanced ovarian clear cell carcinoma, according to a retrospective analysis of patients treated in Japan from 2008 to 2018.
A retrospective analysis
by Ariana Pelosci
The ATHENA-MONO trial showed a significant improvement in progression-free survival when patients with platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer were treated with maintenance rucaparib vs placebo in the first-line setting, regardless of HRD status.
Rucaparib (Rubraca) significantly improved progression-free survival
by Caroline Hopkins
CHICAGO – AstraZeneca’s investigational WEE1 inhibitor adavosertib showed potential in biomarker-selected advanced ovarian cancer populations in two studies presented during the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting Saturday.
The drug, which AstraZeneca licensed from Merck in … Read more
by Kelly Irvin
It’s good to have all the facts when you decide whether to participate in a cancer drug clinical trial—even the ones that make you swallow hard and tear up.
To find clinical trials, please check out the … Read more
by Ariana Pelosci
An individualized starting dose of niraparib, determined by weight and platelet count continued to demonstrate a clinical meaningful improvement in progression-free survival in newly diagnosed ovarian cancer in the first-line maintenance setting, regardless of biomarker status.
An
by Matthew Stenger
In a phase Ib study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Fu et al found that the combination of navicixizumab (a bispecific antiangiogenic antibody to VEGF and delta-like ligand 4) and paclitaxel showed activity in … Read more
by Rachel N. Grisham, M.D.
As summarized in this issue of The ASCO Post, the highly anticipated results of the GOG 281/LOGS study, which randomly assigned patients with recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer to the MEK inhibitor trametinib vs … Read more
by Lindsay Fischer
New research suggests that olaparib treatment interruption or dosage reduction is not linked with inferior survival outcomes in patients with BRCA1/2–mutated, platinum-sensitive, recurrent ovarian cancer.
Patients with BRCA1/2–mutated, platinum-sensitive, recurrent ovarian cancer who needed to reduce
by Conor Killmurray
Eighty-percent of all patients treated with durvalumab and tremelimumab in combination with neoadjuvant chemotherapy at least had a partial response to treatment prior to the end of a phase 2 trial.
The use of dual immune checkpoint
… Read moreby Alison Kanski
NEW YORK – An investigational AstraZeneca drug that showed activity at a range of doses across differently mutated cancers with limited toxicity exemplifies the versatility of next-generation PARP1 inhibitors, according to researchers at the American Society for … Read more
by Jonah Fieldman
The CAR T-cell therapy BNT211, with or without an mRNA vaccine, produced efficacious and tolerable safety results.
The CAR T-cell therapy BNT211, with or without an mRNA vaccine, produced efficacious and tolerable safety results, according to data
by Ariana Pelosci
Data regarding different dosing strategies of elimusertib for advanced solid tumors with ATM alterations and other DNA damage repair gene defects display early efficacy of the therapy.
Patients with advanced solid tumors who have ATM gene alterations
by Kristi Rosa
The addition of relacorilant to nab-paclitaxel improved overall survival compared with nab-paclitaxel alone in patients with recurrent, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
The addition of relacorilant to nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane) improved overall survival (OS) compared with nab-paclitaxel alone in patients
by Ariana Pelosci
A significant improvement in progression-free survival was observed in the phase 3 ATHENA-MONO trial with first-line maintenance rucaparib vs placebo in patients with advanced ovarian cancer.
Progression-free survival (PFS) was significantly improved with first-line rucaparib (Rubraca) as
by the ASCO Post Staff
In a clinical trial involving patients with ovarian cancer previously treated with platinum-based chemotherapy, a novel antibody-drug conjugate therapy produced a substantially better response than standard treatments, investigators from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute reported at the … Read more
by Gina Mauro
The iPocc trial indicated that patients with ovarian cancer experienced an improvement in progression-free survival when treated with intraperitoneal carboplatin plus paclitaxel compared with intravenous chemotherapy, but this benefit did not translate to overall survival.
The use
by Hayley Virgil
Patients with pretreated ovarian cancer who are resistant to platinum-based chemotherapy may experience promising responses and disease control following treatment with nemvaleukin alfa and pembrolizumab.
Treatment with nemvaleukin alfa (ALKS 4230) plus pembrolizumab (Keytruda) yielded tumor responses
by Ariana Pelosci
Adverse effects associated with treatment with olaparib that led to dose reductions and interruptions did not impact survival benefit for patients with platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer.
Patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer who experienced adverse effects (AEs) during
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