Drug Class: Hormonal Therapy

Aromatase Inhibitors

Treatment given for recurrence occurring at any time after last platinum-based treatment

Objective Response Rate (%)

Percentage of patients whose tumors shrink or go away after treatment

Progression Free Survival (months)

Median length of time before the cancer comes back or gets worse

1 Prior Therapy 3 Prior Therapies

Aromatase Inhibitors

First-line treatment

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Trial ID # Phase Drugs Clinical Trial Title Key Conclusion and Results
Drugs in Clinical Development
Retrospective Study: Adjuvant Hormone Therapy in LGSC Two sites Letrozole, Tamoxifen, Anastrozole Primary cytoreductive surgery and adjuvant hormone therapy in women with advanced low-grade serous carcinoma: Reducing overtreatment without compromising survival?

Promising PFS and OS in Low Grade Serous Cancer patients treated with letrozole, anastrozole, or tamoxifen following cytoreductive surgery

PFS: Not Reached (41 months follow up)
OS: Not Reached (41 months follow up)

Pub 2017

Maintenance after first-line therapy: Treatment to prevent relapse after complete or partial response to therapy

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Trial ID # Phase Drugs Clinical Trial Title Key Conclusion and Results
Drugs in NCCN Guidelines
Retrospective Study: Hormonal Maintenance in LGSC II Anastrozole, Letrozole, Tamoxifen Retrospective analysis of Hormonal Maintenance Therapy for Patients With LGS Ovarian Cancer

Significantly longer PFS with hormonal maintenance therapy (HMT) vs. observation (OBS) in Low Grade Serous OC patients

HMT vs OBS:

PFS: 64.9 vs 26.4 months*
OS: 115.7 vs 102.7 months

pub 2017

Drugs in Clinical Development
Letrozole University Hospital Basel Single-site Letrozole Letrozole may be a valuable maintenance treatment in high-grade serous ovarian cancer patients

Promising activity with minimal toxicity of letrozole maintenance in ER-positive patients

Let vs Placebo:

All patients:
RFS: Not Reached vs 13.2 months*

Patients w/o residual disease:
RFS: Not Reached vs 20.8 months

Patients w/ residual disease:
RFS: 21.6 (n=7) vs 8.8 (n=6) months*

pub 2018

*Statistically significant result

Treatment given for recurrence occurring at any time after last platinum-based treatment

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Trial ID # Phase Drugs Clinical Trial Title Key Conclusion and Results
Drugs in Clinical Development
NCT02283658 II Everolimus, Letrozole A Phase 2 Trial of Letrozole and Everolimus in Relapsed Hormone Receptor Positive Ovarian, Fallopian Tube or Primary Peritoneal Carcinomas

Letrozole+everolimus combination shows promising results in ER-positive ovarian cancer

PFS: 3.9 months
OS: 13.0 months

pub 2017

NCT02657928 II Letrozole, Ribociclib A Phase 2 Trial of Ribociclib (LEE011) and Letrozole in ER Positive Relapsed Ovarian Cancer, Fallopian Tube Cancer, Primary Peritoneal Carcinomas, and Endometrial Cancers.

Letrozole+ribociclib is active in ER+ OC with 25% achieving PFS for 23 weeks or longer, but greatest benefit is seen in LGSOC

ORR (HGSOC): 0%
ORR (LGSOC): 100% (n=3)
PFS ≥ 23 weeks: 25%

abs May 2019 and presentation

NCT03673124 II Letrozole, Ribociclib A Phase II Trial of Ribociclib (LEE011) Plus Letrozole in Women With Recurrent Low-Grade Serous Carcinoma of the Ovary, Fallopian Tube or Peritoneum

The combination of letrozole plus ribociclib demonstrates promising activity in women with recurrent LGSOC

ORR: 23%
DCR: 79%
DoR: 19.1 months
PFS: 19.1 months

abs Mar 2023 and presentation

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