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SOLO3: Olaparib outperforms chemo in heavily pretreated ovarian cancer

Key clinical point: For heavily pretreated patients with BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer, olaparib is more effective than nonplatinum chemotherapy.

Major finding: The objective response rate in the olaparib group was 72.2%, compared with 51.4% in the nonplatinum chemotherapy group (P = .002).

Study details: SOLO3 was a phase 3 trial of 266 patients with BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer who had received two or more previous lines of platinum-based chemotherapy.

Disclosures: SOLO3 was funded by AstraZeneca and Merck. The investigators reported additional relationships with Clovis Oncology, Eisai, Tesaro, and other companies.

Citation:

Penson et al. J Clin Oncol. 2020 Feb 19. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.02745.