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Is there any role for PARPi maintenance in BRCA-/HRD- patients after response to front line chemotherapy +/- bevacizumab?

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Gynecologic Oncology · UCSD Moores Cancer Center
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This is a more complex question, and relies on a conversation with the patient and shared decision making. Unfortunately, the benefit seen with PARPi maintenance in BRCA-/HRD- patients was limited (PRIMA 8.1 vs. 5.4 months; PAOLA-1 16.9 vs. 16 months). I am also sensitive to implications of incorpor...

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Gynecologic Oncology · University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
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There is a role for monotherapy niraparib with an HR that approximates a 30% reduction in the hazard of risk of progression or death. (PRIMA trial, NEJM 2019)

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