Clinical trial tag: Maintenance therapy

 

A female ovarian cancer researcher wearing a headscarf, purple gloves and a lab coat using equipment
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VALTIVE 1: A trial of a new blood test to find out which patients are responding to bevacizumab

In this study, researchers want to test a new blood test that they have developed which can tell doctors if a person is responding to the drug bevacizumab.Bevacizumab is a type of targeted therapy that works by blocking a growth factor (like a hormone) that makes blood vessels. This growth factor is called VEGF. By blocking VEGF, some cancers in so…

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MONITOR: A study of maintenance niraparib in clinical practice

The purpose of this study is to help researchers better understand how niraparib is used in the UK and how well it's tolerated by those taking it.Niraparib is a type of drug known as a PARP inhibitor. PARP inhibitors are a relatively new class of drugs known as targeted therapies. In this study the researchers wish to collect real time information …

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ATHENA: A trial using a PARP inhibitor and anti-PD-1 inhibitor to prevent recurrence

Maintenance treatment refers to drugs that are given to try to slow or prevent or delay the cancer's return after it has responded to chemotherapy. Currently the PARP inhibitors (one of which is rucaparib) are the only type of targeted treatment licensed for maintenance use in ovarian cancer in the UK. Nivolumab is a different type of targeted t…

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ICON9: A study of olaparib and cediranib in recurrent ovarian cancer

This trial looks to answer the question as to whether two different types of anti-cancer drugs, given as maintenance treatment are: safe effective well-tolerated Maintenance treatment is a type of targeted therapy that is given to try to prevent or delay the cancer's return after it has responded to chemotherapy. …