The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of veliparib in ovarian cancer patients with known BRCA 1/2 mutations who do no longer respond to conventional chemotherapy.
The side effects are modest, since PARP inhibitors affect cancer cells to a much larger extent than normal cells. The effect of this PARP-inhibiting treatment is evident although the greatest effect is seen in patients with mutations in BRCA genes. The reason for this is that BRCA deficient cancer cells are unable to repair both DNA double strand and single strand breaks and undergo apoptosis to a large extent.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
49
Veliparib (tablet) 300 mg twice daily on days 1-28 of 28 days cycles until progression, unacceptable toxicity or patient refusal.
Department of Oncology, Vejle Hospital
Vejle, Denmark
Phase I: Maximum tolerated dose, dose limiting toxicity, recommended phase II dose.
Time frame: 6 months
Phase II: Response rate
Time frame: Every 3 months
Progression free survival
Time frame: Every 3 months
Overall survival
Time frame: Every 3 months
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