Ovarian Cancer

To determine the effectiveness of nirogacestat at 150mg twice a day in patients with ovarian granulosa cell tumors, the agent has been administered to the first patient in a phase 2 trial.

At a live virtual event, Saketh Guntupalli, MD, discussed with participants the role of PARP inhibitors in the first-line setting for patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

Enrollment has begun in the phase 1b trial examining PY159 alone and in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with unresectable and/or metastatic solid tumors that are refractory or relapsed to standard of care.

Celsion Corporation announced it had reached enrollment of 110 patients for the OVATION 2 trial of GEN-1 plus neoadjuvant chemotherapy for patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology during the EMSO Annual Congress, David O’Malley, MD, discussed the phase 1 study of ubamatamab in ovarian cancer.

Data from the monotherapy analysis of the phase 3 ATHENA trial has led to the submission of a supplemental new drug application to the FDA and EMA for rucaparib as treatment for patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

Maintenance rucaparib (Rubraca) induced a progression-free survival (PFS) improvement in patients with newly diagnosed ovarian cancer compared with placebo, which was also seen across all prespecified subgroups.

ADP-A2M4CD8, an autologous T-cell therapy, showed promising antitumor activity in several solid tumor types including ovarian, gastric, and urothelial cancer.

Paul A. DiSilvestro discusses the 7-year follow-up results from the phase 3 SOLO1/GOG-3004 trial.

Findings from the phase 3 SOLO1/GOG-3004 trial presented at ESMO 2022 support maintenance therapy with olaparib in women with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer.

Findings from the phase 3 ARIEL4 trial of rucaparib vs chemotherapy in relapsed ovarian cancer with deleterious BRCA1/2 mutations raised questions about optimal sequencing of PARP inhibitors at ESMO 2022.

Adding olaparib to bevacizumab maintenance therapy following treatment with first-line standard-of-care treatment revealed am improvement in overall survival in advanced ovarian cancer and homologous recombination deficiency.

Erika P. Hamilton, MD, discusses the background of a phase 1 trial of DS-6000a in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma and ovarian cancer.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Erika P. Hamilton, MD, discussed the early clinical activity seen with DS-6000a in patients with advanced ovarian cancer or renal cell carcinoma with disease progression following standard of care treatment.

During a Targeted Oncology case-based roundtable event, Matthew Powell, MD, discussed trials supporting the use of the PARP inhibitors niraparib and olaparib for patients with BRCA-positive ovarian cancer.

Treatment with relacorilant showed improvement in overall survival in patients platinum-resistant or platinum-refractory ovarian cancer when combined with nab-paclitaxel.

Ruxolitinib and chemotherapy appeared to boost progression-free survival in patients with stage III and IV ovarian cancer when given before or after surgery.

Bevacizumab improved progression-free survival and overall survival when added to frontline chemotherapy in patients with advanced ovarian clear cell carcinoma, according to a retrospective analysis of patients treated in Japan from 2008 to 2018.

Patients with platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer treated with maintenance rucaparib in the ATHENA-MONO trial showed a significant improvement in progression-free survival when compared with placebo in the first-line setting, regardless of HRD status.

Priority review to a biologics license application has been granted by the FDA for mirvetuximab soravtansine to treat patients with folate receptor alpha-high platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

A new murine monoclonal antibody B43.12 is under investigation in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin as a treatment option for patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer.

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,

Eric Pujade-Lauraine, MD, PhD, discusses the prognostic factors researchers are looking for when testing patients with ovarian cancer.

Barbara Buttin, MD, covers the past and present standards of care, as well as upcoming therapeutic options, for World Ovarian Cancer Day.

During a Targeted Oncology case-based roundtable event, Thomas C. Krivak, MD, discussed the results of studies of PARP inhibition for patients with advanced ovarian cancer.