Dual Inhibition of PARP and ATR Feasible, Early Trials Suggest

April 19, 2023 12:40 pm

by Leah Lawrence

Early-phase trials testing the safety and efficacy of PARP inhibition plus ataxia telangiectasia- and Rad3-related kinase (ATR) inhibition in biomarker-selected patients show intriguing results, researchers reported at the AACR Annual Meeting 2023.

“ATR inhibition prevents recovery from … Read more

Anti-cancer drugs, olaparib and adavosertib, work best when given sequentially in patients with advanced tumours driven by DNA damage response mutations: results from Phase Ib STAR clinical trial

October 27, 2022 2:26 pm

Barcelona, Spain: Patients with cancers that are driven by certain mutations occurring in response to DNA damage can be safely treated with two drugs, olparib and adavosertib, if they are given in sequence rather than concurrently.

Presenting results from the … Read more

Repare Therapeutics’ RP-3500 Shows Potential of ATR Inhibitors in Precision Oncology

November 4, 2021 11:09 am

by Alison Kanski

NEW YORK – Pharma companies are racing to develop oral ATR inhibitors that present a unique pan-cancer market opportunity.

Researchers reported positive Phase I results on one of these drugs, Repare Therapeutics’ RP3500, last month across tumor … Read more

Old Antibiotic Targets BRCA-Mutated, PARP Inhibitor-Resistant Tumors

June 18, 2021 12:21 pm

Studies in laboratory cell lines and in mouse tumor models show an antibiotic developed in the 1950s called novabiocin effectively targets and kills cancer cells with abnormal BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, which normally help to repair damaged DNA.… Read more