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A trial of vistusertib and paclitaxel for ovarian cancer that has come back (OCTOPUS)

Overview

Cancer types:

Ovarian cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial looked at adding a drug called vistusertib to paclitaxel chemotherapy for ovarian cancer that had come back.

It was for women who had ovarian cancer, primary peritoneal cancer or fallopian tube cancer. These cancers are treated in a similar way. When we use the term ovarian cancer in this summary, we are referring to all 3.

You pronounce vistusertib as vis-too-sir-tib.

Cancer Research UK supported this trial. It was open for people to join between 2015 and 2018. The team published the results in 2023.

Recruitment start: 1 January 2016

Recruitment end: 23 March 2018

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Susana Banerjee

Supported by

AstraZeneca

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

University of Glasgow

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUKE/14/052.

Last reviewed: 7 November 2024

CRUK internal database number: 12661

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