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Repurposing Atovaquone for the Treatment of Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer

  • PhasePhase 2
  • StatusRecruiting
  • Planned enrollment28 people
  • Recruiting US sites1
  • SponsorEmory University
  • RegistryNCT05998135

Recruitment re-checked on ClinicalTrials.gov Oct 30, 2026. Public record; not medical advice.

Repurposing Atovaquone for the Treatment of Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer: a one-minute explainerNCT059981351 min

Eligibility

Who can join

The film gives the main points. The full list below is copied from the registry; the study team makes the final decision.

  • Age18 Years to no maximum
  • SexFemale
  • Healthy volunteersNo

You may be able to join if

  • Patients with platinum-resistant, high-grade serous ovarian cancer, defined as disease progression within six months of completion of their last platinum-based chemotherapy
  • Patients must maintain Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
  • There will be no limitations on number of prior lines of therapy
  • Trial is open to non-English speaking patients
  • Trial is open to patients referred from community practice

You cannot join if

  • Patients who are < 18 years old
  • Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding (due to cancer of their reproductive organs, patients enrolled in the trial are unable to conceive)
  • Patients who are incarcerated
  • Patients who are unable to provide consent / lack decision-making capacity

The treatment

How it is intended to work

This is how the treatment is meant to work. Whether it helps, and how safe it is, is what this trial is testing.

Treatments listed in the registry

  • Atovaquone (Drug): Given PO
  • Biopsy (Procedure): Undergo biopsy
  • Computed Tomography (Procedure): Undergo CT
  • Paracentesis (Procedure): Undergo paracentesis

The study

Treatment groups

Na · Single Group · masking: None

Treatment (atovaquone) (Experimental)

Patients receive atovaquone PO on study. Patients also undergo CT and biopsy or paracentesis throughout the study.

What it involves

Procedures

As the registry describes them. Requirements to join, such as a tissue sample, are in the eligibility list above even when on-study procedures are optional. Ask the study team which steps apply to you.

  • biopsy: Part of the study plan
  • CT scans: Part of the study plan

Goals

What the study measures

Main goals

  • Progression free survival (PFS) (From initiation of atovaquone to progression or death, assessed up to 1 year)

Other goals

  • Clinical benefit rate
  • Overall survival (OS)
  • Incidence of adverse events

Planned enrollment: 28 (estimated).

Where

Recruiting US sites

  • Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia

Site status as of Oct 30, 2026. Check the live record before contacting a site.

Sources

Where this comes from

Registry record reviewed as fetched Oct 30, 2026, last updated by the sponsor Sep 30, 2026. Public record; not medical advice.

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