Ovarian Cancer

Neoadjuvant treatment with olaparib prior to surgical resection and adjuvant chemotherapy was well tolerated and led to a 100% optimal resection rate in patients with newly diagnosed, BRCA-mutant ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer.

Bruno B. Bockorny, MD, discusses findings from a phase 1a/b trial with the combination of botensilimab and balstilimab in patients with recurrent platinum-refractory or platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

Oliver Dorigo, MD, PhD, discusses the clinical efficacy of maveropepimut-S in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer.

Maintenance niraparib did not produce a statistically significant overall survival benefit compared with placebo in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer, according to data from an updated exploratory OS analysis of the phase 3 ENGOT-OV16/NOVA study.

Robert L. Coleman, MD, FACOG, FACS, discusses an analysis of the phase 3 SORAYA trial evaluating response rates in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer who received mirvetuximab soravtansine at different points in their disease course.

Ursula A. Matulonis, MD, discusses final overall survival results from the phase 3 NOVA trial in patients with ovarian cancer.

The recommended phase 2 dose of olaparib plus selumetinib generated a clinical benefit in patients with endometrial or ovarian cancer harboring RAS mutations, according to findings from the dose-expansion portion of the phase 1b SOLAR trial.

Administration of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy with cytoreductive surgery did not have a negative impact on health-related quality of life compared with cytoreductive surgery alone in patients with newly diagnosed ovarian cancer, according to findings from a phase 2 trial.

Jubilee Brown, MD, professor, director, gynecologic oncology, Levine Cancer Institute, Atrium Health, discusses benefits associated with PARP inhibitor maintenance therapy in the upfront and recurrent settings of ovarian cancer.

The combination of JTX-8064 and pimivalimab generated deep and durable responses in patients with third- or fourth-line platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

Erin K. Crane, MD, MPH, describes practice-changing findings from upfront trials with niraparib and olaparib, contextualizes the significance of the manufacturer restrictions of later-line PARP inhibitors for ovarian cancer, and predicts further research efforts in this population.

A new understanding of pathogenesis has given rise to a promising prevention strategy for women at an average risk of developing ovarian cancer through surgical removal of the fallopian tubes, referred to as an opportunistic salpingectomy.

Jubilee Brown, MD, discusses future considerations for using minimally invasive surgery and PARP inhibitors in ovarian cancer, how immunotherapies have fulfilled an unmet need in cervical cancer, and the importance of leveraging molecular profiling to determine personalized therapeutic strategies in endometrial cancer.

Enrollment has commenced for a phase 2 trial investigating the DNA-based interleukin-12 immunotherapy IMNN-001 in combination with bevacizumab and chemotherapy in patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

Dario R. Roque, MD, discusses incorporating PARP inhibitors into practice for patients with homologous recombination deficient ovarian cancer, the role of PARP inhibitors for patients with homologous recombination–proficient ovarian cancer and the expanding investigation of mirvetuximab soravtansine in ovarian cancer.

Vaagn Andikyan, MD, discusses the utilization of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in patients with stage III epithelial ovarian cancer.

Thomas Herzog, MD, discusses how the recent FDA approval of the novel antibody-drug conjugate mirvetuximab soravtansine-gynx ameliorates unmet need in platinum-resistant, folate receptor alpha–positive gynecological cancers.

The combination of avutometinib and defactinib elicited responses in patients with recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer, according to data from a planned interim analysis of the registration-directed phase 2 RAMP-201 trial.

Jill Alldredge, MD, discusses the toxicities associated with PARP inhibition and the management of those adverse effects in patients with ovarian cancer.

Saketh Guntupalli, MD, highlights data supporting PARP inhibitors as the standard-of-care frontline therapy, strategies for the management of PARP-related toxicities, and the importance of testing for HRD and BRCA status in patients with ovarian cancer.

Jill Alldredge, MD, discusses the management of symptoms in patients with ovarian cancer during treatment with a PARP inhibitor.

Efforts to target the folate metabolism network have entered a new stage, with the approval of a novel therapy directed at folate receptor–α and the potential for additional agents aimed at that target in solid tumors.

A triplet regimen comprised of COM701, BMS-986207, and nivolumab was found to have encouraging antitumor activity and favorable tolerability in patients with heavily pretreated, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

Treatment with the folate receptor α–directed antibody-drug conjugate luveltamab tazevibulin led to a 37.5% overall response rate in Frα-selected patients with advanced ovarian cancer, defined by a tumor proportion score above 25%.

The FDA has granted a breakthrough device designation to the OverC Multi-Cancer Detection Blood Test for the early detection of cancers including esophageal, liver, lung, ovarian, and pancreatic in adults aged to 50 to 75 years with average risk.