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Abstract
Introduction In the SOLO2 trial, olaparib demonstrated a significant benefit in disease-free survival in platinum sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer patients with BRCA1/2 mutations, so importance and utility of poly (adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) in therapy is gradually increasing. However, there is no medical agreement for treatment after recurrence in ovarian cancer patients who have been administered PARPi, so they are generally treated with platinum-based chemotherapy that have been used previously, or undergo surgery and radiation therapy. Therefore, this study was conducted to confirm the efficacy of each chemotherapy for recurrent ovarian cancer after using PARPi.
Methods This retrospective study collected the data on recurrent ovarian cancer patients who have used PARPi after platinum-based chemotherapy in front-line to forth-line and using next chemotherapy of Liposomal doxorubicin (PLD)+Carboplatin, Belotecan+Cisplatin and Gemcitabin+Carboplatin from January 01, 2012 to April 30, 2023. The primary endpoint was progression free survival(PFS) from the date of disease progression after using PARPi to the date of next disease progression after using those chemotherapy methods.
Results There was a significant different PFS ( p value = 0.0367 ) in the three groups. And overall, the Gemcitabin+Carboplatin group showed better results than the other two groups, in particular, a significant difference with the PLD+carboplatin group ( p value = 0.0060, Hazard ratio : 2.964, 95% CI 1.128–7.791 ).
Conclusion/Implications In the treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer using platinum-based chemotherapy and PARPi, Gemcitabin + Carboplatin chemotherapy may show slightly better results than other chemotherapies, so additional research on this seems necessary.