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SOLO-1 Lynparza Data In First-Line Ovarian Cancer Seen Boosting AstraZeneca's PARP Edge

 
• By Sten Stovall

In SOLO-1 Lynparza becomes the first PARP to show benefit in first-line BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer.

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Lynparza tablets showed statistically significant, clinically meaningful improvement in PFS vs placebo • Source: Shutterstock

Prospects for PARP inhibitor Lynparza (olaparib) were boosted when AstraZeneca PLC and partner Merck & Co. Inc. reported positive top-line results from the pivotal SOLO-1 trial testing the tablet as a first-line maintenance monotherapy in patients with BRCA-mutated advanced ovarian cancer following first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.

In the Phase III SOLO-1 study Lynparza showed "statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement" in progression-free survival (PFS) versus placebo....

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