Can Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Patients Avoid Chemotherapy?

September 20, 2019 8:00 pm

By Dave Levitan

The combination of niraparib and bevacizumab significantly improved progression-free survival compared with niraparib alone in a phase II study of patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer. The chemotherapy-free regimen will now be tested in a phase III … Read more

SOLO3 Examines Benefit of Olaparib vs Chemo in Platinum-Sensitive Relapsed Ovarian Cancer

June 5, 2019 8:00 pm

By Leah Lawrence

Patients with BRCA-mutated, platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer derived significant clinical benefit from treatment with olaparib monotherapy compared with treatment of physician’s choice, according to the results of the SOLO3 trial, a US Food and Drug Administration … Read more

Chemo-Free Combo Boosts PFS in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

June 4, 2019 6:00 pm

By Ian Ingram

Benefit seen across all subgroups for patients with platinum-sensitive disease.

Ovarian cancer patients with recurrent, platinum-sensitive disease experienced a longer interval without disease progression when bevacizumab (Avastin) was added to niraparib (Zejula), a phase II study found.… Read more

SGO 2019: Pembrolizumab Combo Shows Clinical Benefit for Recurrent Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

March 19, 2019 3:00 pm

By Christina Bennett, MS

Pembrolizumab in combination with bevacizumab and oral metronomic cyclophosphamide showed clinical activity in patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer, according to the results of an open-label phase II trial (LBA4) presented at the 2019 Society of … Read more

Real-World Experience Differs from Trial Results for Niraparib in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

October 25, 2018 1:11 am

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Real-world experience of adverse events with the oral PARP inhibitor niraparib in patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer at a 200 mg daily dose differed from those most commonly seen in the phase 3 clinical trial at … Read more

Quality of Life Maintained With Niraparib for Ovarian Cancer

August 1, 2018 9:19 pm

by Madeline Marr

The use of niraparib in women receiving treatment for platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer did not adversely affect quality of life (QoL), according to a study published in The Lancet Oncology.

An international team of researchers led … Read more

FDA Approves Rubraca for Maintenance Ovarian Cancer Treatment

April 6, 2018 8:05 pm

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Rubraca (rucaparib) as a maintenance therapy for women with recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer who are in complete or partial response to platinum-based chemotherapy, according to Clovis Oncology, the … Read more

FDA Grants Priority Review for Rucaparib

December 28, 2017 8:08 pm

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review status to rucaparib as maintenance therapy for women with recurrent ovarian cancer, according to the drug’s developer. The application is for women who are platinum sensitive, and in complete … Read more

Study: Don’t Delay Platinum Re-Challenge in Ovarian Cancer

October 13, 2017 7:57 pm

Don’t delay platinum-based chemotherapy in favor of single-agent non-platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with partially platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer, Italian researchers advised.

Introducing non-platinum chemotherapy to prolong the platinum-free interval (PFI) in patients with progressing ovarian cancer who experience disease recurrence, or … Read more

Avastin Gains Expanded FDA Approval for Platinum-Sensitive Ovarian Cancer

December 8, 2016 7:04 pm

Avastin (bevacizumab) gained an expanded FDA approval to treat patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer as a part of a combination regimen with chemotherapy followed by continued use of the angiogenesis inhibitor, according to the drug developer, Genentech.

The approval … Read more