Advances in Ovarian Cancer Care and Unmet Treatment Needs for Patients With Platinum Resistance: A Narrative Review
Platinum-based chemotherapy has been the standard of care for ovarian cancer for the past 3 decades. Although most patients respond to platinum-based treatment, emergence of platinum resistance in recurrent ovarian cancer is inevitable during the disease course. Outcomes for patients with platinum-r...
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| Published in: | JAMA oncology Vol. 9; no. 6; p. 851 |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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United States
01.06.2023
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| ISSN: | 2374-2445, 2374-2445 |
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| Summary: | Platinum-based chemotherapy has been the standard of care for ovarian cancer for the past 3 decades. Although most patients respond to platinum-based treatment, emergence of platinum resistance in recurrent ovarian cancer is inevitable during the disease course. Outcomes for patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer are poor, and options remain limited, highlighting a substantial unmet need for new treatment options.
This review summarizes the current and evolving treatment landscape for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer with a focus on the development of novel compounds. Biologic and targeted therapies such as bevacizumab and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors-originally approved in the platinum-resistant setting but since withdrawn-are now used in the up-front or platinum-sensitive setting, prolonging the duration of platinum sensitivity and delaying the use of nonplatinum options. The greater use of maintenance therapy and the emphasis on using platinum beyond first-line treatment has most likely been associated with a greater number of lines of platinum therapy before a patient is designated as having platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. In this contemporary setting, recent trials in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer have mostly had negative outcomes, with none having a clinically significant effect on progression-free or overall survival since the approval of bevacizumab in combination with chemotherapy. Nonetheless, a multitude of new therapies are under evaluation; preliminary results are encouraging. A focus on biomarker-directed treatment and patient selection may provide greater success in identifying novel therapies for treating platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
Although many clinical trials in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer have had negative outcomes, these failures provide insights into how clinical trial design, biomarker-directed therapy, and patient selection could facilitate future successes in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer treatment. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-1 |
| ISSN: | 2374-2445 2374-2445 |
| DOI: | 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.0197 |