Trial Analyzing MEK Inhibitor Combo for Ovarian Cancer Subset Begins

December 21, 2023 9:00 am

By Ashley Chan

A treatment combination of avutometinib and defactinib is being evaluated in a new phase 3 trial for patients with low-grade serous ovarian cancer.

A phase 3 trial analyzing the treatment combination of avutometinib and defactinib compared with … Read more

Survey Finds Gaps in Care for Patients With Slow-Growing Ovarian Cancer

November 9, 2023 9:00 am

By Mary Caffrey

Delayed diagnoses. Symptoms that are dismissed or misinterpreted. Feelings of anxiety because no one can offer a clear explanation for their condition.

These are just some of the experiences of women who have low-grade serous ovarian cancer … Read more

RAF/MEK and FAK Inhibitor Combo Effective in Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

November 5, 2023 9:00 am

Clearity’s Perspective: The combination of avutometinib and defactinib has shown encouraging activity in Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer. Updated results from the RAMP 201 trial suggest that the combination is active regardless of the number of prior therapies patients have received. Read more

Avutometinib Plus Defactinib Demonstrates Promising Activity in Recurrent LGSOC

June 6, 2023 7:03 am

Treatment with avutometinib plus defactinib elicited high responses among patients with recurrent low grade serous ovarian cancer compared with avutometinib monotherapy, supporting the use of the combination in this patient population regardless of KRAS status, according to data from the … Read more

Lifirafenib Plus Mirdametinib Shows Tolerable Safety in BRAF/KRAS Mutant Advanced Solid Tumors

April 17, 2023 12:29 pm

by Nichole Tucker

The success of BRAF/MEK combinations has led to the discovery of safety and preliminary activity with an investigational pan-RAF/MEK combination.

The investigational combination of lifirafenib (BGB-283) and mirdametinib (PD-0325901) has shown a favorable safety profile, as well Read more

CDK4/6 Inhibition Active in Recurrent Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

March 27, 2023 9:52 am

by Charles Bankhead

TAMPA, Fla. — About a fourth of patients with recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC) obtained durable responses to the combination of CDK4/6 inhibitor ribociclib (Kisqali) and letrozole, a small single-arm trial showed.

Overall, 23% of 48 … Read more

Avutometinib Plus Defactinib Generates Encouraging Response Rates in LGSOC

January 26, 2023 1:00 pm

by Jordyn Sava

With encouraging response rates and a well-tolerated safety profile seen in RAMP-201, experts are hopeful for the accelerated approval of avutometinib plus defactinib for low-grade serous ovarian cancer.

The combination of avutometinib (VS-6766) with defactinib (VS-6063), as … Read more

Neoadjuvant Abemaciclib and Fulvestrant Facilitates High Complete Gross Resection Rate in Low-Grade Serous Cancer

June 15, 2022 12:04 pm

by Caroline Seymour

The combination of abemaciclib and fulvestrant led to encouraging responses when used as neoadjuvant therapy which translated to high complete gross resection rates in patients with advanced, low-grade serous ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal carcinoma.

The combination

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MEK Inhibition Is Now a Standard of Care in Recurrent Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer: What Next?

April 25, 2022 12:08 pm

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

MAPK mutations linked to longer survival in ovarian cancer subset

March 24, 2022 10:43 am

by Jennifer Southall

 

Women with mitogen-activated protein kinase-mutated low-grade serous ovarian/peritoneal carcinoma experienced significantly longer PFS and OS compared with women without these mutations, according to study results.

The findings, presented during the Society of Gynecologic Oncology 2022 Annual … Read more

Industry News: Ovarian cancer therapy boosted by drug that slows disease’s advance

February 4, 2022 9:28 am

A drug currently used to treat skin and lung cancers has been found to slow the progression of a form of ovarian cancer and increase the number of patients who respond to treatment, a clinical trial has found.

As a … Read more

Drug combination shows promise in treatment-resistant advanced ovarian cancer

September 19, 2021 3:59 pm

A new combination of targeted drugs for a type of ovarian cancer has shown promising results in an early clinical trial – shrinking tumours in half of patients.

The combination of drugs – which both work by blocking signals cancer … Read more

Breakthrough Therapy Designation Granted to VS-6766 Plus Defactinib for Pretreated Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

May 25, 2021 5:00 pm

A RAF/MEK plus FAK inhibitor combination will be given an expedited review by the FDA as therapy for patients with recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer.

By Audrey Sternberg

The combination of the RAF/MEK inhibitor, VS-6766, plus the FAK inhibitor, defactinib, … Read more

Study Finds Patients With Rare Ovarian Cancer Develop Chemoresistance

August 7, 2020 5:00 pm

By Christina Bennett, MS

Patients with LGSC also had a significantly lower partial response rate with neoadjuvant therapy compared with patients with HGSC.

Patients with low-grade serous carcinoma of the ovary or peritoneum (LGSC) developed chemoresistance to neoadjuvant platinum-based therapy,

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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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Trametinib Boosts PFS and Response Rates in Low-Grade Ovarian Cancer

April 7, 2020 10:00 am

By Denise Myshko

Trametinib (Mekinist) monotherapy has emerged as a new treatment option for women with recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancers based on improvements in survival outcomes and response rates demonstrated in a phase II/III study, according to David M. … Read more

First-in-Human Study of RAF Family Kinase Inhibitor Lifirafenib in Solid Tumors

March 27, 2020 12:30 pm

By Matthew Stenger

In a first-in-human phase I trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Desai et al found that the RAF family kinase inhibitor lifirafenib produced responses in several solid tumor types in patients with BRAF or … Read more

Trametinib Tx Shows Promise in Tough-to-Treat LGSOC

September 30, 2019 6:00 pm

By Pam Harrison

Targeted drug provokes good response in chemoresistant, low-grade serous ovarian or peritoneal cancer.

Trametinib (Mekinist) treatment was associated with better outcomes in women with recurrent or progressive low-grade serous ovarian or peritoneal cancer versus treatment with standard-of-care … Read more

Ribociclib-Letrozole Regimen Tested in Ovarian, Endometrial Cancer

July 23, 2019 5:00 pm

By Dave Levitan

A phase II study found that the combination of ribociclib and letrozole showed promising activity in patients with estrogen receptor-positive ovarian cancer and endometrial cancer. The most benefit was observed in low-grade serous ovarian cancers.

“Up to … Read more