In a clinical trial involving patients with ovarian cancer previously treated with platinum-based chemotherapy, a novel “conjugate” therapy produced a substantially better response than standard treatments, investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will report at today’s session of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Ariz.
The agent, mirvetuximab soravtansine, generated an objective response – a measurable decrease in cancer burden – in nearly 33% of patients participating in the trial. That compares with response rates in the single digits for current treatments in patients whose ovarian cancer doesn’t respond to platinum-based chemotherapy.
