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SUBMITTER: Ledermann JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5129820 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ledermann Jonathan A JA Harter Philipp P Gourley Charlie C Friedlander Michael M Vergote Ignace I Rustin Gordon G Scott Clare C Meier Werner W Shapira-Frommer Ronnie R Safra Tamar T Matei Daniela D Fielding Anitra A Bennett Bryan B Parry David D Spencer Stuart S Mann Helen H Matulonis Ursula U
British journal of cancer 20161108 11
<h4>Background</h4>Maintenance monotherapy with the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor olaparib significantly prolongs progression-free survival over placebo in patients with platinum-sensitive relapsed serous ovarian cancer, with greatest benefit seen in patients with a BRCA1/2 mutation (BRCAm). Preservation of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is important during maintenance therapy; we evaluated the effect of olaparib on HRQoL in this Phase II trial (NCT00753545, Study 19).<h4>Methods ...[more]