Clinical trial tag: Maintenance therapy

 

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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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Closed trial

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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Closed trial

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. …