Clearity’s Perspective: At the SGO meeting several presentations described how circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) may be a new, personalized, sensitive tool to help evaluate treatment de-escalation, monitor minimal residual disease (MRD), and track treatment response in ovarian cancer. The application … Read more
by Jason Harris
The FDA has asked Clovis Oncology to limit use of rucaparib (Rubraca) to second-line maintenance therapy for patients with recurrent ovarian cancer harboring BRCA mutations.1
The company is considering the FDA’s request. If the 2 sides
by Kristi Rosa
At the request of the FDA, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) plc will restrict the second-line maintenance indication for niraparib (Zejula) to only the population of patients with recurrent ovarian cancer whose tumors harbor deleterious or suspected deleterious germline BRCA
by Karen Blum
Although maintenance treatments have helped patients with ovarian cancer live longer, experts note there are still some unmet needs that must be addressed.
Karen Hanna was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer in April 2013. At the time,
by Kristi Rosa
Maintenance treatment with niraparib produced a sustained and durable progression-free survival benefit in patients with primary advanced ovarian cancer who responded to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy, spanning biomarker subgroups.
Maintenance treatment with niraparib (Zejula) produced a sustained and
by Mike Bassett
— Results from SOLO-1 and PAOLA-1 show “clinically meaningful” long-term results with olaparib
PARIS — Olaparib (Lynparza) maintenance therapy appears to offer a long-term overall survival (OS) benefit for women with ovarian cancer, according to two phase … Read more
by Ariana Pelosci
The ATHENA-MONO trial showed a significant improvement in progression-free survival when patients with platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer were treated with maintenance rucaparib vs placebo in the first-line setting, regardless of HRD status.
Rucaparib (Rubraca) significantly improved progression-free survival
by Ariana Pelosci
An individualized starting dose of niraparib, determined by weight and platelet count continued to demonstrate a clinical meaningful improvement in progression-free survival in newly diagnosed ovarian cancer in the first-line maintenance setting, regardless of biomarker status.
An
by Lindsay Fischer
New research suggests that olaparib treatment interruption or dosage reduction is not linked with inferior survival outcomes in patients with BRCA1/2–mutated, platinum-sensitive, recurrent ovarian cancer.
Patients with BRCA1/–mutated, platinum-sensitive, recurrent ovarian cancer who needed to reduce
by Ariana Pelosci
A significant improvement in progression-free survival was observed in the phase 3 ATHENA-MONO trial with first-line maintenance rucaparib vs placebo in patients with advanced ovarian cancer.
Progression-free survival (PFS) was significantly improved with first-line rucaparib (Rubraca) as
by Ariana Pelosci
Adverse effects associated with treatment with olaparib that led to dose reductions and interruptions did not impact survival benefit for patients with platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer.
Patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer who experienced adverse effects (AEs) during
— Benefits platinum-sensitive disease irrespective of BRCA, homologous repair status, study showed
Patients with relapsed platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer had significant improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) when retreated with the PARP inhibitor olaparib … Read more
A novel vaccine appeared safe and demonstrated clinical benefit as front-line maintenance therapy for women with advanced-stage ovarian cancer, according to results of a phase 2b trial presented during the virtual ASCO Annual Meeting.… Read more
Doubling treatment duration of bevacizumab did not lead to better survival in patients with ovarian cancer who were treated on a phase 3 trial.
For patients with primary epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or peritoneal cancer, prolonged treatment
By Susan Moench, PhD, PA-C
Preliminary assessments of secondary study endpoints of a phase 3 clinical trial evaluating maintenance therapy with niraparib, an inhibitor of poly(adenosine diphosphate [ADP]–ribose) polymerase (PARP), compared with placebo in patients with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian … Read more
