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Mirvetuximab Soravtansine and Olaparib for the Treatment of Recurrent Platinum Sensitive Ovarian, Peritoneal, and Fallopian Tube Cancer with Positive Folate Receptor-Alpha Expression

Trial Status: active

This phase II trial tests how well mirvetuximab soravtansine in combination with olaparib works in treating patients with ovarian, peritoneal, and fallopian tube cancer that is responsive to platinum drug therapy (platinum sensitive) and positive for folate receptor-alpha (FRalpha) expression, but has come back (recurrent). Mirvetuximab soravtansine is a monoclonal antibody, called mirvetuximab, linked to a chemotherapy drug, called soravtansine. Mirvetuximab is a form of targeted therapy because it attaches to specific molecules (receptors) on the surface of tumor cells, known as FRalpha receptors, and delivers soravtansine to kill them. Olaparib is an inhibitor of PARP, an enzyme that helps repair deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) when it becomes damaged. Blocking PARP may help keep cancer cells from repairing their damaged DNA, causing them to die. PARP inhibitors are a type of targeted therapy. Giving mirvetuximab soravtansine in combination with olaparib may kill more tumor cells in patients with recurrent platinum sensitive ovarian, peritoneal, and fallopian tube cancer that is positive for FRalpha expression.