Ovarian Cancer

Jeffrey R. Infante, MD, discusses the fully human PD-L1 IgG1 antibody avelumab, which demonstrated clinical activity in patients with previously treated, recurrent/refractory ovarian cancer in a phase Ib open-label expansion trial.

Frontline treatment with intraperitoneal chemotherapy is commonly underutilized for a majority of patients with optimally cytoreduced stage III ovarian cancer, despite recommendations for its use and a clear demonstration of improved overall survival.

Premal H. Thaker, MD, discusses EGEN-001 in combination with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin and the potential of immunotherapy agents in ovarian and other similar cancers.

Premal H. Thaker, MD, MS, discusses a phase I study examining the combination of EGEN-001 and doxorubicin for the treatment of patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

Women with ovarian cancer who experienced an average dose reduction of ≤85% had a 35% higher mortality risk than those who received normal dosing.

Jeffrey R. Infante, MD, director, Drug Development Program, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses the potential impact avelumab could have on the treatment of patients with ovarian cancer.

Robert Coleman, MD, discusses a potential new biomarker for PARP inhibition in ovarian cancer that was examined in the ARIEL2 trial.

The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to the immunotherapy DPX-Survivac as a treatment for women with ovarian cancer.

Laurie H. Glimcher, MD, discusses the promise of XBP1 inhibition as an immunotherapy strategy in ovarian cancer.

Saeed Rafii, MD, PhD, MRCP, medical director, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses factors that influence clinical outcomes to olaparib in patients with BRCA1/2-mutant ovarian cancer.

A retrospective analysis of the phase III GOG-0218 trial has identified a potential biomarker of response for bevacizumab in patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

Treatment with the PARP inhibitor rucaparib demonstrated robust clinical activity and a tolerable safety profile for women with biomarker-defined relapsed ovarian cancer

Monoclonal antibodies against PD-1 and PD-L1 have demonstrated encouraging signs of antitumor activity for patients with pretreated advanced ovarian cancer.