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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Biomarkers Found for Platinum Resistance in Gynecologic Cancer

November 19, 2021 11:56 am

Blood-based metabolic signatures may predict whether women with ovarian or uterine cancer will respond well to platinum-based chemotherapy, according to a study by researchers in the Department of Gynecology at the Federal University of São Paulo’s Medical School (EPM-UNIFESP) in … Read more

Addition of Bevacizumab to Pembrolizumab Improves Responses in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

November 17, 2021 10:25 am

By Courtney Marabella

The addition of a short-term, flat dose of bevacizumab to pembrolizumab was found to enhance the response to anti–PD-1 therapy in the absence of chemotherapy for patients with platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian cancer.

The addition of a short-term,

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Biomarker May Help to Predict Response to Gemcitabine for Patients With High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

September 30, 2021 2:05 am

By The ASCO Post Staff

For more than 2 decades, the chemotherapy agent gemcitabine has been a mainstay treatment for several types of cancer. Now, scientists have uncovered genetic evidence of which patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer are likely … Read more

Intermittent Relacorilant Combined with Nab-paclitaxel Improves PFS in Recurrent Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer

September 17, 2021 4:47 pm

In the first randomised, controlled study to explore the efficacy and safety of relacorilant, a selective glucocorticoid receptor modulator, in combination with nab-paclitaxel compared to nab-paclitaxel alone, combined treatment improved progression-free survival (PFS) and showed a favourable safety profile among … Read more

Tislelizumab Plus Sitravatinib Demonstrates Antitumor Activity, Maintains Safety in Platinum-Resistant Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

April 14, 2021 3:00 pm

For patients with recurrent platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian cancer who were naïve to PD-1/PD-L1 inhibition, the combination treatment of tislelizumab plus sitravatinib showed early antitumor activity while maintaining a manageable safety profile.

By Kristi Rosa

For patients with recurrent platinum-resistant epithelial

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Combo Tx Active in Recurrent, Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer

March 26, 2021 1:00 pm

Ixabepilone plus bevacizumab yielded responses in a third of patients.

By Ian Ingram

Combination treatment with a microtubule stabilizing agent plus bevacizumab (Avastin) proved active for patients with recurrent chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancer, a randomized phase II trial found.

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Small Molecule Inhibitor Shows Promise in Resistant Ovarian Cancer

March 21, 2021 5:00 pm

Responses in 37% of patients with AVB-500, higher without prior bevacizumab.

By Charles Bankhead

More than a third of patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer had objective responses to chemotherapy plus a small-molecule inhibitor that targets resistance-associated signaling, a preliminary study … Read more

Phase 3 OVAL Trial of VB-111 in Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer Gets Green Light to Continue

February 24, 2021 6:00 pm

An independent data safety monitoring committee has not observed any safety issues with the phase 3 OVAL trial examining VB-111 in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, and as such, has recommended that the trial continue as planned.

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Wee1 Inhibitor Gets Win in Tough-to-Treat Ovarian Cancer

January 25, 2021 5:00 pm

By Ian Ingram

Adding the Wee1 inhibitor adavosertib to gemcitabine reduced the risk of disease progression and death in women with recurrent, platinum-resistant or -refractory ovarian cancer, a randomized phase II trial showed.

For the primary endpoint of progression-free survival … Read more

Phase I Data of XMT-1536 Supports Continued Development in Ovarian Cancer

September 17, 2020 1:00 pm

Updated interim safety, tolerability, and efficacy data for the ovarian cancer cohort of the ongoing expansion portion of the Phase I study evaluating XMT-1536 show a 34% objective response rate (ORR) and 79% disease control rate, including two complete responses. … Read more

Survival and Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Ovarian Cancer Who Were Treated on Phase 1 Clinical Trials

July 24, 2020 3:00 pm

Corr BR, Moroney M, Sheeder J, et al

Given that ovarian cancer patients enrolled on phase 1 trials usually have platinum resistant and heavily pretreated disease, with a poor prognosis, researchers undertook this retrospective single-institution series with 132 patients to … Read more

Navicixizumab Combo Shows Benefit in Heavily Pretreated Ovarian Cancer

April 2, 2020 10:45 am

By Jason M. Broderick

The anti-DLL4/VEGF bispecific antibody navicixizumab showed promising clinical activity when used in combination with paclitaxel in heavily pretreated patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, according to findings from a phase Ib study.

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Siravatinib/Tislelizumab Signals Efficacy in Patients With Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer

December 19, 2019 6:00 pm

By Nichole Tucker

Preliminary data showed that the combination of sitravatinib (MGCD516) and tislelizumab (BGB-A317) is well tolerated and may promote antitumor activity when administered to patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, according to a press release from BieGene, Ltd, which … 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

Avelumab Combo Falls Short in Advanced Ovarian Cancer

March 20, 2019 7:00 pm

By Ian Ingram

But showed promise in PD-L1-positive group.

Adding avelumab (Bavencio) to pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) failed to improve survival outcomes for patients with platinum-resistant or refractory ovarian cancer in a phase III trial reported here.

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SGO 2019: Pembrolizumab Combo Shows Clinical Benefit for Recurrent Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

March 19, 2019 3:00 pm

By Christina Bennett, MS

Pembrolizumab in combination with bevacizumab and oral metronomic cyclophosphamide showed clinical activity in patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer, according to the results of an open-label phase II trial (LBA4) presented at the 2019 Society of … Read more

Lenvatinib Combo Yields Favorable Responses in Ovarian, Endometrial Cancers

March 18, 2019 3:30 pm

By Kristie L. Kahl

Lenvatinib (Lenvima) in combination with weekly paclitaxel induced activity among those with recurrent endometrial and platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian cancer, resulting in a 65% overall response rate (ORR), according to results from a phase I study presented … 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

Tumor Treating Fields Plus Paclitaxel Appears Safe, Effective in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

August 16, 2018 12:57 am
BY Kristie L. Kahl
The combination use of Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) and paclitaxel more than doubled progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with recurrent, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer compared with those who received weekly paclitaxel, according to results from the phase … Read more