Written from the studies on PubMed, searched on 2026. nov. 11.. Every number below comes from a study listed under Sources.
What people read
Posts online say that ivermectin helps with ovarian cancer.
What has been studied
- 1In people
- 3In animals
- 4Only in the lab
What the studies found
Ivermectin has been studied in people with ovarian cancer, but not in randomised trials.
We found 8 published papers on ivermectin and ovarian cancer. They were published between 2005 and 2024.
1 of them are studies in people (0 randomised trials), 0 are reviews, 3 are studies in animals and 4 are studies only in the lab.
The most important ones are listed under Sources.
What this means for you: A study in people is not proof that it helps you. Do not stop or change your medicines because of it. Ask your doctor before you start taking it.
Sources
- Evidence for macrofilaricidal activity of ivermectin against female Onchocerca volvulus: further analysis of a clinical trial in the Republic of Cameroon indicating two distinct killing mechanisms.2005 · Parasitology · Study in people
- Pharmacoproteomics reveals energy metabolism pathways as therapeutic targets of ivermectin in ovarian cancer toward 3P medical approaches.2024 · EPMA J · In animals
- Ivermectin Augments the In Vitro and In Vivo Efficacy of Cisplatin in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer by Suppressing Akt/mTOR Signaling.2020 · Am J Med Sci · In animals
- Ivermectin inactivates the kinase PAK1 and blocks the PAK1-dependent growth of human ovarian cancer and NF2 tumor cell lines.2009 · Drug Discov Ther · In animals
- Ivermectin Augments the Anti-Cancer Activity of Pitavastatin in Ovarian Cancer Cells.2023 · Diseases · In the lab
- SILAC quantitative proteomics analysis of ivermectin-related proteomic profiling and molecular network alterations in human ovarian cancer cells.2021 · J Mass Spectrom · In the lab
- Quantitative proteomics revealed energy metabolism pathway alterations in human epithelial ovarian carcinoma and their regulation by the antiparasite drug ivermectin: data interpretation in the context of 3P medicine.2020 · EPMA J · In the lab
- Anti-parasite drug ivermectin can suppress ovarian cancer by regulating lncRNA-EIF4A3-mRNA axes.2020 · EPMA J · In the lab
