

Also, compounds targeting BH3 domain (AZD4320) and SRC (AZD0530) displayed preferential cytotoxicity against ARID1A mutant cell lines. ARID1A knockdown cells were more sensitive to inhibitors of either mTOR (PP242), dual mTOR/PI3K (GDC0941), ATR (AZD6738) or MDM2 (RG7388) compared to control cells. High throughput screening of 166 compounds that are either FDA-approved, in clinical trials or are in pre-clinical studies identified several cytotoxic compounds against OCCC. The aim of this study was to identify drugs that are either FDA-approved or in clinical trials for the treatment of OCCC. The cancer is characterized by frequent inactivation of ARID1A and 10% of cases of endometriosis progression to OCCC. OCCC constitutes 25% of ovarian cancers in East Asia (Japan, Korea, China, Singapore) and 6–10% in Europe and North America.

OCCC is a distinct subtype of epithelial ovarian cancer. Standard platinum-based therapy for ovarian cancer is inefficient against ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC).
