Groups unite to raise gynecologic cancer awareness in September
September is Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month, and advocacy organizations are hosting events, sharing information on social media, and raising funds to advance research.
Gynecological cancer
Stenoparib wins FDA fast track status for advanced ovarian cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given fast track status to stenoparib, an experimental treatment Allarity Therapeutics has been testing for advanced…
Ovarian cancer patients wanted for Phase 3 trial of virus therapy
A Phase 3 clinical trial testing the experimental cancer-killing virus Olvi-Vec in people with hard-to-treat ovarian cancer is recruiting participants. Top-line results from the ongoing…
2 of 3 ovarian cancer patients in study respond to SON-1010 combo
Sonnet Biotherapeutics is now testing its immunotherapy SON-1010, in combination with the immune checkpoint inhibitor Tecentriq (atezolizumab), in more patients — and soon, at…
Intervenn’s noninvasive ovarian cancer test to hit market this fall
A noninvasive diagnostic test to help distinguish ovarian cancer from benign pelvic masses will be available this fall. GlycoKnow Ovarian received a proprietary laboratory…
Projections show uterine cancer cases, mortality rate, on rise in US
The number of uterine cancer cases and related deaths — the disease’s incidence and mortality rates — in the U.S. are expected to substantially rise…
Approval sought of relacorilant for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer
Corcept Therapeutics has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve relacorilant, to be used in combination with the standard chemotherapy agent…
CAR-T cell therapy for ovarian cancer enters next phase of testing
A Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating escalating doses of Anixa Biosciences’ experimental CAR T-cell therapy for recurrent ovarian cancer has begun dosing participants…
Trial of BAT8006 for form of ovarian cancer doses 1st patient
The first patient has been dosed in a Phase 3 trial testing the investigational therapy BAT8006 in people with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, according to the…
Ovarian cancer immunotherapy found to boost immune response
IMNN-001, Imunon’s experimental immunotherapy for advanced ovarian cancer, boosts the body’s natural immune response by increasing levels of immune signaling proteins that aid in…
