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Abstract
Introduction The aim of NIRVANA-R trial is to investigate the efficacy of niraparib in combination with bevacizumab as a maintenance therapy in platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer patients who were previously treated with a PARP inhibitor(PARPi).
Methods This study includes patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer who had received at least two previous courses of platinum-containing therapy and had been treated with a PARPi. Patients who had responded to the last platinum regimen are eligible to participate in this study. Forty-four patients will be recruited. All enrolled patients are treated with niraparib and bevacizumab for maintenance therapy until disease progression. The primary endpoint of the study is 6-month progression-free survival (PFS) rate. A Simon 2-stage design is utilized. Target accrual is 22 patients in the first stage; 13 or more patients without progressive disease within 6 months is required to proceed to second stage.
Results We report the results from the first stage. Median age was 56 years old, high grade serous and motst of the patients (90.9%) had high-grade serous carcinoma. Of the 22 patients from the first stage, 9 had progressive disease within 6 months (6-month PFS rate 66.5%, 95% CI 48.9–90.2%). The efficacy boundary to proceed to the second stage was met. No grade 4 or 5 treatment-related adverse events (TREAs) were reported, and no TRAEs leading to treatment discontinuation.
Conclusion/Implications Our findings indicate encouraging safety and activity of niraparib + bevacizumab as a maintenance therapy in platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer patients who were previously treated with a PARPi.