Olaparib Review Renews Debate On Maintenance Therapy Endpoints
Executive Summary
Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee members divided on whether progression-free survival endpoint in AstaZeneca’s Phase III SOLO-2 trial could be used to support approval for maintenance therapy in relapsed ovarian cancer.
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