Real-World Data Confirm the Incidence of ADC-Related Ocular Toxicities in Ovarian Cancer

January 26, 2024 9:00 am

By Ashling Wahner

Although the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) mirvetuximab soravtansine-gynx (Elahere) is associated with a high rate of ocular toxicity in patients with folate receptor α (FRα)-positive, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, the real-world incidence of this adverse effect (AE) in this … Read more

NCCN Guidelines Update Adds Mirvetuximab Soravtansine Plus Bevacizumab for FRα-Expressing, Platinum-Sensitive Ovarian Cancer

January 19, 2024 9:00 am

Clearity’s Perspective: In the January 17, 2024 update to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines for ovarian cancer, several new therapies have been added to the list of acceptable regimens for recurrent platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. For example, trastuzumab deruxtecan Read more

Elahere for Ovarian Cancer: How to Manage Side Effects

August 15, 2023 9:00 am

A new drug approval is providing hope for many people living with ovarian cancer.

Some women have what is known as “platinum-resistant” cancer, that means the disease is no longer responding to platinum-based chemotherapy, the most common chemo drug used … Read more

Mirvetuximab Soravtansine Continues to Outperform Chemo in FRα-High Ovarian Cancer

May 3, 2023 9:19 am

by Jordan Sava

Impressive efficacy data and consistent safety data continue to be seen with mirvetuximab soravtansine for the treatment of patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, according to data from the confirmatory MIRASOL trial.

Mirvetuximab sorvtansine-gynx (Elahere) demonstrated statistically significant

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Targeting FRα Enters a New Era in Ovarian Cancer and Beyond

January 16, 2023 9:41 am

by Anita T. Shaffer

Efforts to target the folate metabolism network have entered a new stage, with the approval of a novel therapy directed at folate receptor–α and the potential for additional agents aimed at that target in solid tumors.Read more

FDA Approves Mirvetuximab Soravtansine-gynx for FRα+ Platinum-resistant Ovarian Cancer

November 14, 2022 12:21 pm

By Kristi Rosa

The FDA has granted accelerated approval to mirvetuximab soravtansine-gynx (Elahere) for the treatment of adult patients with folate receptor α (Frα)–positive, platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer, who have received 1 to 3 prior … Read more

Mirvetuximab Soravtansine Generates Improvement in PROs Vs Chemotherapy in Advanced Ovarian Cancer

October 13, 2022 2:03 pm

by Chris Ryan

Treatment with mirvetuximab soravtansine elicited a statistically significant benefit vs investigator’s choice of chemotherapy for the OV28 abdominal/gastrointestinal symptom subscale in patients with folate receptor alpha–positive, advanced ovarian cancer.

Treatment with mirvetuximab soravtansine elicited a statistically significant

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ADCs Begin to Carve a Place in the Treatment Landscape for Ovarian Cancer

July 26, 2022 2:39 pm

by Brittany Lovely

Patients with recurrent, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer have limited effective treatment options available, but a class of targeted antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) represent a promising development for this population.1

The treatment landscape for patients who experience disease progression

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SORAYA Trial: Antibody-Drug Conjugate Produces Remissions in One-Third of Patients With Drug-Resistant Ovarian Cancer

March 22, 2022 10:22 am

by the ASCO Post Staff

In a clinical trial involving patients with ovarian cancer previously treated with platinum-based chemotherapy, a novel antibody-drug conjugate therapy produced a substantially better response than standard treatments, investigators from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute reported at the … Read more

Mirvetuximab Elicits Responses in More Than 31% of Patients With FRalpha-High Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer

November 30, 2021 12:10 pm

by Nichole Tucker

Top-line results from the phase 3 SORAYA study show promise for mirvetuximab in patients with FRα-high platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

Single-agent mirvetuximab soravtansine (mirvetuximab; IMGN853) has demonstrated clinically meaningful benefit in patients with late receptor alpha (FRα)-high platinum-resistant

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Mirvetuximab Soravtansine Plus Bevacizumab Looks Promising in Platinum-Agnostic Ovarian Cancer

June 7, 2021 11:22 am

The combination of mirvetuximab soravtansine and bevacizumab produces “impressive antitumor activity” in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer and high folate receptor alpha (FRα) expression, according to researchers.… Read more

Ovarian Cancer Drug Misses Mark… Right?

October 1, 2019 5:00 pm

By Charles Bankhead

Anti-folate fails phase III test, but key biomarker measurement may have been faulty.

An antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) targeting folate-receptor expression failed to improve progression-free survival (PFS) versus chemotherapy in patients with recurrent platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, according to … Read more

ImmunoGen’s Ovarian Cancer Drug Misses Phase III Primary Endpoint

March 4, 2019 5:00 pm

US-based biotechnology company ImmunoGen has reported negative top-line results from the Phase III FORWARD I ovarian cancer trial of mirvetuximab soravtansine.

The study failed to meet its primary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS). Mirvetuximab soravtansine is an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) … Read more