Olaparib Improves Median Time Without Disease Progression in BRCAm Ovarian Cancer

September 18, 2020 3:00 pm

Olaparib (Lynparza®; AstraZeneca/Merck & Co.*) has demonstrated a long-term progression-free survival (PFS) benefit versus placebo as a 1st-line maintenance treatment in patients with newly diagnosed, advanced BRCA-mutated (BRCAm) ovarian cancer who had a complete or partial response … Read more

Phase I Data of XMT-1536 Supports Continued Development in Ovarian Cancer

September 17, 2020 1:00 pm

Updated interim safety, tolerability, and efficacy data for the ovarian cancer cohort of the ongoing expansion portion of the Phase I study evaluating XMT-1536 show a 34% objective response rate (ORR) and 79% disease control rate, including two complete responses. … Read more

Patient-Reported Outcomes for Rucaparib as a Maintenance Therapy in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

September 3, 2020 5:00 pm

By Susan Moench, PhD, PA-C

Results of an exploratory analysis showed longer quality-adjusted progression-free survival (QA-PFS) and quality-adjusted time without symptoms or toxicity (Q-TWiST) in women with recurrent ovarian cancer treated with maintenance use of the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, … Read more

HIPEC With Cytoreductive Surgery Effective in Ovarian Cancer

August 25, 2020 5:00 pm

By Sarah Williams

For patients with stage III epithelial ovarian cancer, adding hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) to primary cytoreductive surgery (PCS) increases survival compared with PCS alone, according to results of a retrospective study now published in JAMA Network OpenRead more

Survival and Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Ovarian Cancer Who Were Treated on Phase 1 Clinical Trials

July 24, 2020 3:00 pm

Corr BR, Moroney M, Sheeder J, et al

Given that ovarian cancer patients enrolled on phase 1 trials usually have platinum resistant and heavily pretreated disease, with a poor prognosis, researchers undertook this retrospective single-institution series with 132 patients to … Read more

Study Suggests QoL Assessments Do Not Support First-Line Combination Chemotherapy With Weekly Paclitaxel for Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

July 21, 2020 6:00 pm

By Susan Moench, PhD, PA-C

Results of quality of life (QoL) assessments from the randomized, phase 3 ICON8 study evaluating once-weekly vs thrice-weekly administration of paclitaxel in combination with carboplatin as first-line chemotherapy in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer do … 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

Berzosertib: Protein-Targeting Drug Used to Treat Cancer May Have Same Effect on Coronavirus

June 16, 2020 7:00 pm

Scientists have begun using berzosertib, a protein-targeting drug, as an accompaniment to chemotherapy for patients with ovarian cancer. The drug is currently in its second phase of trials with cancer patients and is showing promising results for how it … Read more

Niraparib-Bevacizumab Combo Improves Clinical Outcomes in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

June 5, 2020 8:00 am

By Audrey Sternberg

The combination use of niraparib plus bevacizumab significantly improved clinical outcomes, compared with niraparib alone, in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer.

The combination use of niraparib (Zejula) plus bevacizumab (Avastin) significantly improved clinical outcomes, compared with niraparib … Read more

Final Results of KEYNOTE-100 for Patients With Advanced Ovarian Cancer

June 3, 2020 5:00 pm

Pembrolizumab monotherapy continues to show modest antitumor activity in patients with recurrent advanced ovarian cancer, according to updated results of the KEYNOTE-100 study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting (May 29-31, 2020).

In the interim … Read more

Convenient Spit Test Helps Women Assess Cancer Risk From The Comfort Of Their Own Homes

June 1, 2020 4:00 pm

By Stand Up To Cancer

Genetic testing for cancer risk can significantly improve the prevention or treatment of hereditary cancers, but studies have shown that people who might have a genetic risk often don’t get tested. A collaborative Stand Up … Read more

Mirvetuximab Soravtansine Plus Bevacizumab in FRα-Overexpressing Advanced Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

May 30, 2020 5:00 pm

By Susan Moench, PhD, PA-C

This study evaluated the combination of bevacizumab with an antibody drug conjugate targeted to the folate receptor alpha in the setting of epithelial ovarian cancer.

Early results from a single-arm phase 1b study conducted in … Read more

First Study To Report OS Benefit After Secondary Cytoreductive Surgery in Select Patients With Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

May 29, 2020 5:00 pm

By Susan Moench, PhD, PA-C

According to results of a prospective, randomized clinical trial of selected patients with platinum-sensitive, recurrent ovarian cancer assigned to receive second-line platinum-based chemotherapy preceded by secondary cytoreductive surgery versus not, OS was significantly longer for … Read more

Combined Cediranib and Olaparib Presents Similar Activity to Standard of Care Treatment

May 29, 2020 10:00 am

Combined cediranib and olaparib presents similar activity to standard of care treatment for platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer.

Results of the NRG Oncology phase III clinical trial NRG-GY004 indicated that the addition of the investigational agent cediranib to olaparib and standard platinum-based … Read more

New OS Data With Olaparib Support ‘New Era’ for Ovarian Cancer

May 14, 2020 10:00 am

By Liam Davenport

Women with platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer and a BRCA mutation could see their survival extended by over a year by maintenance therapy with the PARP-inihibitor olaparib (Lynparza, AstraZeneca).

The new overall survival (OS) data come … Read more

KRAS May Predict Benefit of MEK Inhibitors in Some Ovarian Cancers

May 11, 2020 10:30 am

By Ian Ingram

For women with recurrent or persistent low-grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC), presence of a KRAS mutation appeared to predict benefit from binimetinib (Mektovi), a post-hoc analysis from the phase III MILO trial found.

Among women treated with … Read more

Verastem Oncology Announces Preliminary Data from Investigator-initiated Study Highlighting Clinical Activity of RAF/MEK and FAK Combination in KRAS Mutant Tumors Presented at the AACR 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting I

April 27, 2020 10:20 am

BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Verastem, Inc. (Nasdaq:VSTM) (also known as Verastem Oncology), a biopharmaceutical company committed to developing and commercializing new medicines for patients battling cancer, today announced results from the ongoing investigator-initiated Phase 1 clinical study investigating VS-6766, its

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STRO-002 Shows Encouraging Results in Phase I Trial in Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

April 27, 2020 10:15 am

By Peter Hofland, Ph.D

Updated interim data from an ongoing Phase I dose-escalation phase clinical study (NCT03748186) evaluating the folate receptor alpha (FRα) antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) STRO-002 (Sutro Biopharma) shows encouraging results.[1]

The trial was designed to study … Read more

MD Anderson, Ipsen Advance New Therapy With Potential Benefit for Underserved Lung and Ovarian Cancer Patients

April 26, 2020 10:30 am

In a first-time disclosure of IPN60090, a small-molecule inhibitor of the metabolic enzyme glutaminase (GLS1), researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Therapeutics Discovery division and Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals reported the preclinical discovery and early-stage clinical development … Read more

New Standard in Recurrent, Platinum-Sensitive Ovarian Cancer

April 21, 2020 10:00 am

By Pam Harrison

Replacing gemcitabine (Gemzar) with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in a standard platinum-based regimen improved survival in recurrent ovarian cancer, a phase III trial has shown.

In a cohort of nearly 700 women receiving carboplatin plus bevacizumab (Avastin), median … Read more