Sentences with phrase «called olaparib»
He is currently leading the TOPARP trial, which is finding out whether a drug called olaparib (Lynparza) improves survival for men with advanced prostate cancer that has stopped responding to treatment.
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Tumours shrank in about 60 % of women who received the targeted drug, called olaparib (Lynparza), compared with 29 % of those who received chemotherapy.
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Olaparib blocks this second repair pathway by inhibiting an enzyme called poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP).
Zhang's team began by combining the PARP inhibitor olaparib with 20 different helper compounds, and eventually discovered a family of drugs called BET inhibitors that work with olaparib to attack cancer cells.
An anti-angiogenic agent, or blood vessel inhibitor, called cediranib (which inhibits a protein known as VEGFR) and olaparib, a PARP inhibitor, are each clinically active in recurrent ovarian cancer.
Olaparib targets a molecule called PARP, and exploits weaknesses in cancer cells» ability to repair damage to their DNA.
Olaparib is also called by its brand name Lynparza.
Treating women with olaparib, a new type of experimental drug called a PARP inhibitor, after their initial cancer treatment, may help prevent their ovarian cancer from coming back, according to a phase - II clinical trial led by UK scientists.