Maintenance after therapy for recurrence: Treatment to control disease after complete or partial response to therapy
Progression Free Survival (months)
Median length of time before the cancer comes back or gets worse
Overall Survival (months)
The length of time where half the patients in the study are still alive
Maintenance after therapy for recurrence: Treatment to control disease after complete or partial response to therapy
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| Drug Class | Trial ID # | Phase | Drugs | Clinical Trial Title | Key Conclusion and Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard of Care Targeted Drugs | |||||
| DNA Damage Repair Pathway Inhibitors: PARP | NCT01874353; SOLO-2 | III | Olaparib Prescribing Information | Phase III Randomised, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Study of Olaparib Maintenance Monotherapy in Platinum Sensitive Relapsed BRCA Mutated Ovarian Cancer Patients With a Complete or Partial Response Following Platinum Based Chemotherapy (SOLO-2) | Improved PFS and OS with olaparib maintenance treatment in gBRCA MUT patients Ola vs Placebo: PFS: 19.1 vs 5.5 months* pub 2017, pub 2021 |
| DNA Damage Repair Pathway Inhibitors: PARP | NCT01847274; NOVA | III | Niraparib Prescribing Information | A Phase 3 Randomized Double-blind Trial of Maintenance With Niraparib Versus Placebo in Patients With Platinum Sensitive Ovarian Cancer (NOVA) | Improved PFS for all patients with niraparib maintenance with greatest activity in BRCA MUT patients; the benefit of niraparib maintenance therapy extends beyond first progression Nir vs Placebo: non-gBRCA MUT: pub 2016, 2019, abs Mar 2021 |
| DNA Damage Repair Pathway Inhibitors: PARP | NCT01968213; ARIEL3 | III | Rucaparib Prescribing Information | Phase 3 Study of Rucaparib as Switch Maintenance After Platinum in Relapsed High Grade Serous and Endometrioid Ovarian Cancer (ARIEL3) | Improved PFS for all patients with rucaparib maintenance irrespective of number of prior therapies or length of PFS interval, but most active in BRCA MUT Ruc vs Placebo: All: pub 2017, pub 2020, abs Jun 2021 and poster, pub 2021 |
| DNA Damage Repair Pathway Inhibitors: PARP | NCT00753545; Study 19 | II | Olaparib Prescribing Information | Phase II Randomised, Double Blind, Multicentre Study to Assess the Efficacy of AZD2281 in the Treatment of Patients With Platinum Sensitive Relapsed Serous Ovarian Cancer Following Treatment With Two or More Platinum Containing Regimens (Study 19) | Improved PFS and OS with olaparib maintenance Ola vs Placebo: All: pub 2012; 2014; 2016 |
| DNA Damage Repair Pathway Inhibitors: PARP | NCT03402841; OPINION | IIIb | Olaparib Prescribing Information | A Phase IIIb, Single-arm, Open-label Multicentre Study of Olaparib Maintenance Monotherapy in Platinum Sensitive Relapsed Non-Germline BRCA Mutated Ovarian Cancer Patients Who Are in Complete or Partial Response Following Platinum Based Chemotherapy | Maintenance olaparib demonstrates activity in non-gBRCA MUT ovarian cancer patients with no new safety signals non-gBRCA MUT: PFS: 9.2 months abs May 2020 and poster |
| DNA Damage Repair Pathway Inhibitors: PARP | NCT02476968; ORZORA | IV | Olaparib | An Open Label, Single Arm, Multicentre Study to Assess the Clinical Effectiveness and Safety of Lynparza (Olaparib) Capsules Maintenance Monotherapy in Platinum Sensitive Relapsed Somatic or Germline BRCA Mutated Ovarian Cancer Patients Who Are in Complete or Partial Response Following Platinum Based Chemotherapy (ORZORA). | PFS in patients with platinum sensitive ovarian cancer who received maintenance olaparib is similar irrespective of somatic or germline BRCA status and activity of maintenance olaparib is also seen in patients with a non-BRCA HRR gene mutations gBRCA MUT vs sBRCA MUT vs HRRm: abs Mar 2021 |
| Drugs in Clinical Development | |||||
| DNA Damage Repair Pathway Inhibitors: PARP | NCT03106987; OReO/ENGOT Ov-38 | III | Olaparib | A Phase IIIb, Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicentre Study of Olaparib Maintenance Retreatment in Patients With Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Previously Treated With a PARPi and Responding to Repeat Platinum Chemotherapy | Rechallenge with maintenance olaparib following response to Pt-based therapy provides a significant improvement in PFS vs placebo, irrespective of BRCA status Ola vs Placebo: non-BRCA MUT: abs Sept 2021 |