Maintenance therapy following chemotherapy of relapsed ovarian cancer: a randomised placebo-controlled phase II trial with the angiogenesis inhibitor BIBF 1120
Year: 2009
Session type: Poster / e-Poster / Silent Theatre session
1Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, Middlesex, UK, 2University College London Hospitals, UK, 3CR-UK & University College London Cancer Trials Centre, UK, 4Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK, 5Christie Hospital, London, UK, 6Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK, 7Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd, Bracknell, UK
Abstract
Background
A novel trial design of maintenance therapy was used to evaluate BIBF1120, a triple angiokinase inhibitor targeting VEGFR, PDGFR and FGFR involved in the formation of blood vessels.
Method
Continuous BIBF1120 (250 mg, oral, twice daily) for up to 36 weeks (wk) was compared with placebo in a randomised double-blind trial. To be eligible patients had to have responded to their last