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UnknownNCT02489006

A Study of Olaparib Prior to Surgery and Chemotherapy in Ovarian, Primary Peritoneal, and Fallopian Tube Cancer

A Phase II, Open-Label, Randomized, Multi-Centre Study, of Neoadjuvant Olaparib in Patients With Platinum Sensitive Recurrent High Grade Serous Ovarian/Primary Peritoneal or Fallopian Tube Cancer

Status
Unknown
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
71 (estimated)
Sponsor
University Health Network, Toronto · Academic / Other
Sex
Female
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

This is a study that will look at the effects and how useful investigational drug olaparib is as a neoadjuvant treatment (treatment given as to shrink a tumor before the main treatment) prior to surgery in patients with recurrent ovarian, primary peritoneal or fallopian tube cancer.

Detailed description

Olaparib belongs to a class of anti-cancer agents known as poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors. Olaparib is a new type of drug for ovarian cancer. Laboratory tests show that it may help slow the growth of ovarian cancer. Olaparib works by blocking the PARP protein. PARP is an important protein which tries to fix damaged deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA, molecules that contain important instructions for the development of cells). Many cancers are thought to develop from damaged DNA. Research has shown that PARP inhibitors stop the PARP protein from working, and that sometimes that can cause cancer cells to stop growing or die.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGOlaparib
DRUGPlatinum-based ChemotherapyChosen by the study doctor, per standard of care.

Timeline

Start date
2016-07-19
Primary completion
2025-12-31
Completion
2025-12-31
First posted
2015-07-02
Last updated
2024-01-17

Locations

9 sites across 4 countries: Canada, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02489006. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.