Ovarian Cancer

In a systematic literature review that extracted data from 50 qualifying clinical trials, PARP inhibitor first-line maintenance improved progression-free survival (PFS) “across the board” versus other maintenance treatments in women with advanced ovarian cancer. Read More ›

In a single-arm, single-institution study, combining pembrolizumab, bevacizumab, and metronomic oral cyclophosphamide led to a median progression-free survival of 10 months in women with recurrent ovarian cancer, with better response in women with platinum-sensitive disease. Read More ›

An online educational tool about PARP inhibitors improved clinicians’ confidence in their ability to use them correctly in women with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer. Read More ›

Establishing protocols for side-effect reporting and management beforehand can maximize adherence to PARP inhibitor maintenance therapy. Read More ›

Although the combination of bevacizumab and olaparib showed superior progression-free survival compared with bevacizumab plus placebo as upfront maintenance therapy in women with advanced ovarian cancer, the lack of an olaparib monotherapy comparator limits meaningful interpretation. Read More ›

The rate of overall survival was similar between nivolumab and either gemcitabine or pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in the open-label, randomized phase 3 NINJA clinical trial of patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, but the overall duration of response was longer in the nivolumab arm. Read More ›

In the FORWARD II clinical trial, mirvetuximab soravtansine combined with carboplatin and bevacizumab induced an overall response rate of 83% in patients with recurrent platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer. Read More ›

Copay maximizer programs are replacing copay accumulator programs, and the trend toward increasing cost burden for patients continues. Read More ›

The international phase 3 INOVATYON clinical trial did not meet its primary end point of an improvement in overall survival with trabectedin added to pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) followed by platinum at progression compared with carboplatin plus PLD in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer. Trabectedin plus PLD may still have a role in patients with multiple previous lines of platinum. Read More ›

In the treatment of patients with platinum-sensitive, recurrent ovarian cancer, a lower starting dose of niraparib in patients with a low body weight (77 kg) or low platelet count (150,000/μL) had similar efficacy as the fixed 300-mg starting dose versus placebo on the end point of progression-free survival, confirming a previous observation. Read More ›