Ovarian Cancer

The expert in ovarian cancer indicated that treatment with the studied maintenance olaparib tablets could aid patients in having a more regular lifestyle.

The study showed that the addition of atezolizumab to bevacizumab, paclitaxel, and carboplatin as a front-line treatment in women with newly diagnosed advanced stage ovarian cancer did not meet its primary endpoint of progression-free survival.

The expert discussed study methods from the NRG Oncology/Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) study presented at the 2020 ASCO Virtual Program.

At the 2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program, Karen H. Lu, MD, presented on findings from the MAGENTA trial, designed to test whether pre and/or post-test genetic counseling is needed to optimally deliver online accessible genetic testing.

The expert discussed study methods and results from the MAGENTA trial evaluating pre and/or post-test genetic counseling.

The results of the trial demonstrated that maintenance olaparib provided an unprecedented improvement in median OS versus placebo in patients with platinum-sensitive, relapsed ovarian cancer and a BRCA mutation.

A study presented at the AACR Virtual Annual Meeting II showed a significant decrease in mortality rate for patients with epithelial ovarian cancer when treated with lipophilic statins, supporting the further evaluation of statins to treat ovarian cancer in randomized clinical trials.

The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute expert discussed pembrolizumab monotherapy in patients with advanced recurrent ovarian cancer.

The combination use of niraparib plus bevacizumab significantly improved clinical outcomes, compared with niraparib alone, in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer.

The MD Anderson Cancer Center expert spoke about the disconnect in women who are at risk for ovarian cancer to actually receive genetic counseling.

Recent findings suggested that watching Disney movies during chemotherapy treatment may be correlated with improvements in quality of life in patients with gynecologic cancers.

Multiple abstracts released via the virtual platform for the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) 2020 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer show mounting evidence for PARP inhibitors as the standard of care in the frontline setting for patients with ovarian cancer.

The FDA expanded the indication of olaparib to include a combination regimen with bevacizumab for the first-line maintenance treatment of adult patients with advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer.

In this study, the feasibility and safety of DETECT-A coupled with PET-CT imaging to detect cancer was evaluated using a prospective, interventional study of 10,006 women not previously known to have cancer.

According to researchers, these observations suggest a potential need to modify the current framework for clinical risk disclosure.

The FDA approved niraparib for the maintenance treatment of adult patients with advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer who are in a complete or partial response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.

Encouraging interim data were reported from the ongoing phase I clinical trial of STRO-002 regarding safety and anti-tumor activity results in heavily pre-treated patients with ovarian cancer.

The findings presented in this study suggest the breastfeeding may be a potentially modifiable factor that could lower risk of ovarian cancer independent of pregnancy alone.

PARP inhibitors take center stage at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology’s 25th Annual Winter Meeting

The FDA accepted a supplemental new drug application for niraparib, treating women with advanced ovarian cancer who responded to platinum-based chemotherapy regardless of biomarker status, based on data from the PRIMA study.

A new tool, in combination with those already existing, could distinguish between patients with malignant and benign ovarian masses, as well as those with a benign ovarian mass and normal ovaries.

The O-RADS MRI tool could potentially reduce unnecessary or over-extensive surgery in patients with various types of ovarian cancer.

This large meta-analysis was found to support the GCIG Fifth Ovarian Cancer Consensus statement that OS is the preferred primary end point.

A recent study suggested the activation of apelin/APJ signaling decreased efficacy in VEGF treatment, while bevacizumab decreased disease-free survival rates with increased expression of apelin in patients of ovarian cancer.

The priority review was based on results from the phase III PAOLA-1 trial comparing the addition of olaparib to bevacizumab vs the standard-of-care alone.

Largest analysis of data to date shows no link between use of talc powder and rate of ovarian cancer incidence

A study showed that first-line treatment for epithelial ovarian cancer using weekly dose-dense chemotherapy did not improve progression-free survival, compared with 3-weekly chemotherapy, in European women.

Patients recently diagnosed with ovarian cancer indicated that they would accept a moderately higher risk of complication and surgical mortality in exchange for higher overall survival.

The updated and expanded NCCN guidelines broaden the testing criteria, while clarifying who should be tested for genetic mutations.

Researchers compared primary high grade serous ovarian carcinoma tumors and their matched metastasis, showing evidence of separating the 2 sample types and potentially predicting patient survival.