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Management of platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer. A blinded, independent, central review of the data also showed consistent results (hazard ratio, 0.39; 95% CI, 0.27 to 0.55; P<0.001). Information, resources, and support needed to approach rotations - and life as a resident. The study was designed by the first author, in collaboration with the last author and the study sponsor, AstraZeneca. 0000030946 00000 n NEW!

The median progression-free survival of 4.8 months from randomization in the placebo group was shorter than the expected progression-free survival specified in the protocol (9 months). Int J Gynecol Cancer 2011;21:419-423, 29. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008;105:17079-17084, 23.

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Response rates were low in both study groups, and some patients in the placebo group had a reduction in tumor size.

Olaparib Maintenance Therapy in Platinum-Sensitive Relapsed Ovarian Cancer. Therasse P, Arbuck SG, Eisenhauer EA, et al. At the time that the study was designed, there were no reported data from trials of maintenance treatment in patients with a relapse of platinum-responsive ovarian cancer, which would have provided a basis for estimating progression-free survival in the placebo group.

Development of a functional assay for homologous recombination status in primary cultures of epithelial ovarian tumor and correlation with sensitivity to poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors.

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0000032584 00000 n Tutt A, Robson M, Garber JE, et al. At the data-cutoff point (June 30, 2010), 68 patients (50%) in the olaparib group and 21 (16%) in the placebo group were still receiving the study treatment. Kaye SB, Fehrenbacher L, Holloway R, et al. Objective response was not an informative end point because there were limited opportunities for further responses.

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Women with germline mutations in BRCA1, BRCA2, or both (BRCA1/2) have an increased risk of ovarian cancer, particularly the most common type, invasive high-grade serous carcinoma.11 About 15% of epithelial ovarian cancers are deficient in homologous recombination repair, owing to mutations in BRCA1/2.12,13 In up to 50% of patients with high-grade serous tumors, the tumor cells may be deficient in homologous recombination as a result of germline or somatically acquired BRCA1/2 mutations, epigenetic inactivation of BRCA1, or defects in the homologous recombination pathway that are independent of BRCA1/2.14 The silencing or dysfunction of genes in BRCA1/2-related pathways gives rise to a BRCAness phenotype similar to that resulting from inherent mutations in BRCA1/2.

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(Funded by AstraZeneca; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00753545.). 0000054311 00000 n At the time of the data-cutoff point, the median duration of exposure to the treatment was 206.5 days (range, 3 to 469) for olaparib and 141 days (range, 34 to 413) for placebo, and the mean rate of adherence to the assigned study treatment was 85% and 96%, respectively.

However, at the interim analysis, this did not translate into an overall survival benefit. 0000025214 00000 n xref endstream endobj 71 0 obj <> endobj 72 0 obj <>stream Disclosure forms provided by the authors are available with the full text of this article at NEJM.org. A total of seven grade 4 events were reported in the olaparib group (in 5.1% of patients), and two were reported in the placebo group (in 1.6% of patients) (Table 3).

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Valuable tools for building a rewarding career in health care. Demographic and baseline characteristics of the patients (Table 1) and any protocol deviations with the potential to affect the primary analysis (Table 1 in the Supplementary Appendix) were well balanced between the two study groups.

0000043552 00000 n Mukhopadhyay A, Elattar A, Cerbinskaite A, et al. This article (10.1056/NEJMoa1105535) was published on March 27, 2012, at NEJM.org. Progression-free survival was assessed with the use of computed tomographic scans obtained every 12 weeks and was calculated on the basis of measurements of target and nontarget lesions and assessment for new lesions that were recorded by the investigators. If the event did not resolve within 4 weeks after treatment or if two previous treatment interruptions had occurred, the patient was withdrawn from the study. In this randomized, double-blind, phase 2 study, eligible patients were stratified according to the interval between disease progression and completion of their penultimate platinum-based regimen (from 6 to 12 months vs. more than 12 months), objective response to their most recent regimen (complete response vs. partial response), and ancestry (Jewish vs. non-Jewish), to help balance the distribution of BRCA1/2 germline mutations (which are found more frequently in Jewish populations). A digital journal for innovative original research and fresh, bold ideas in clinical trial design and clinical decision-making.

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hW XqZkqF#eE7Ph A"l# -Ep5yY&5w^ 7LSP We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 study to evaluate maintenance treatment with olaparib in patients with platinum-sensitive, relapsed, high-grade serous ovarian cancer who had received two or more platinum-based regimens and had had a partial or complete response to their most recent platinum-based regimen. Time-to-event variables (i.e., progression-free survival, overall survival, and time to worsening of disease-related symptoms and health-related quality of life) were analyzed with the use of a Cox proportional-hazards model that included covariates that were used as stratification factors at randomization. Adverse events that led to the permanent discontinuation of treatment occurred in three patients receiving olaparib (one each with palpitations and myalgia, erythematous rash, and nausea and obstruction in the small intestine) and in one patient receiving placebo (nausea); all these adverse events were grade 2 and were considered by the investigator to be related to treatment, except for the grade 4 obstruction in the small intestine.

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N Engl J Med 2011;365:2473-2483, 9. The secondary end point of time to progression according to the RECIST guidelines or CA-125 level, whichever showed earlier progression, was also significantly longer in the olaparib group than in the placebo group (median, 8.3 months vs. 3.7 months; hazard ratio for progression, 0.35; 95% CI, 0.25 to 0.47; P<0.001).

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The majority of patients (246 of 264) had one or more adverse events, most of which were grade 1 or 2 (Table 2).

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A supportive analysis of progression-free survival with the use of the log-rank test was performed (stratified by randomization factors). Impact on survival of 12 versus 3 monthly cycles of paclitaxel (175 mg/m2) administered to patients with advanced ovarian cancer who attained a complete response to primary platinum-paclitaxel: follow-up of a Southwest Oncology Group and Gynecologic Oncology Group phase 3 trial. No significant difference in overall survival was observed (hazard ratio for death in the olaparib group, 0.94; 95% CI, 0.63 to 1.39; P=0.75). 0000054600 00000 n 0000048139 00000 n

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60 82 Fong PC, Yap TA, Boss DS, et al. At study entry, 40% of the overall study population had measurable disease and could be assessed for an objective response according to RECIST guidelines; the response rate was 12% (7 of 57 patients with measurable disease at study entry) in the olaparib group, as compared with 4% (2 of 48) in the placebo group (odds ratio, 3.36; 95% CI, 0.75 to 23.72; P=0.12).

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Fong PC, Boss DS, Yap TA, et al. However, the observed value of 4.8 months is consistent with recently published data from studies of maintenance treatment in similar patient populations (5.8 months and 2.8 months),32,33 suggesting that progression-free survival in the placebo group in our study was in line with that expected. Moynahan ME, Chiu JW, Koller BH, Jasin M. BRCA1 controls homology-directed DNA repair.

Randomized phase II placebo-controlled trial of maintenance therapy using the oral triple angiokinase inhibitor BIBF 1120 after chemotherapy for relapsed ovarian cancer. There were no significant differences between the study groups in the end points for symptoms or health-related quality of life.

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Furthermore, the lower risk of disease progression associated with olaparib treatment was consistent across all the subgroups analyzed (Figure 2B).

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Olaparib (AZD2281) is an oral poly(adenosine diphosphate [ADP]ribose) polymerase inhibitor that has shown antitumor activity in patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer with or without BRCA1 or BRCA2 germline mutations. Press JZ, De Luca A, Boyd N, et al. The final analysis of overall survival will be performed at 60% maturity (i.e., when 60% of the patients have died). Information and tools for librarians about site license offerings. Because only patients with a response to chemotherapy were enrolled in the study, just 40% had measurable disease at entry. Ovarian carcinomas with genetic and epigenetic BRCA1 loss have distinct molecular abnormalities. CA Cancer J Clin 2011;61:69-90[Erratum, CA Cancer J Clin 2011;61:134.

Safety was assessed throughout the study by monitoring for adverse events, biochemical laboratory tests, assessment of vital signs, and physical examination. both in Australia; University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (I.V. The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy scale: development and validation of the general measure. 0000051012 00000 n

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Adverse events more commonly reported in the olaparib group than in the placebo group (by more than 10% of patients) were nausea (68% vs. 35%), fatigue (49% vs. 38%), vomiting (32% vs. 14%), and anemia (17% vs. 5%); the majority of adverse events were grade 1 or 2.

Patients were eligible if they were 18 years of age or older and had recurrent ovarian or fallopian-tube cancer or primary peritoneal cancer with high-grade (grade 2 or 3) serous features or a serous component, which was platinum-sensitive (defined by an objective response to a previous platinum-based therapy for more than 6 months). 0l ?D0}*L)mZ [BBc01c\I7mrqE4{,0AEA?6QP)-ci[bB1DPD(TP At the time of the data-cutoff point for progression-free survival, too few deaths had occurred for a survival analysis to be performed. 3EQy|}, ; 2(8vG&( 4LjKp Patients were randomly assigned to receive olaparib, at a dose of 400 mg twice daily, or placebo.

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We followed patients until progression of disease, regardless of whether the treatment was discontinued or delayed or whether there were deviations from the protocol (i.e., the ongoing study group).

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Subgroup analyses of progression-free survival showed that, regardless of subgroup, patients in the olaparib group had a lower risk of progression than those in the placebo group (Figure 2B).

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Patients could continue receiving olaparib or placebo until disease progression or as long as they were benefitting from the treatment and did not meet any criteria for discontinuation (i.e., the ongoing-treatment group). A total enrollment of 250 patients was planned for the study, and the primary analysis was to be performed when at least 137 progression-free survival events had occurred. Analyses of efficacy and patient-reported outcomes included all patients who were randomly assigned to a study group, and safety analyses included all patients who received at least one dose of the assigned study medication. Nonhomologous end joining drives poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor lethality in homologous recombination-deficient cells. 0000014253 00000 n J Clin Oncol 1993;11:570-579, 30. 0000020900 00000 n BMC Cancer 2008;8:17-17, 15. Lancet 2003;361:2099-2106, 4. 0000053672 00000 n GCIG denotes Gynecologic Cancer InterGroup. The content of this site is intended for health care professionals.

A complete response (vs. partial response) to the final platinum-based therapy before study entry was a significant prognostic factor for longer progression-free survival, regardless of study group (hazard ratio, 0.46; P<0.001). A stratified log-rank test of progression-free survival supported the primary analysis (hazard ratio, 0.37; 95% CI, 0.26 to 0.51; P<0.001).

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Nijman SM. There were no unexpected changes in biochemical laboratory measurements, vital signs, or findings on physical examination in either group. Mol Cell 2001;7:263-272, 14.

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Data collection and analysis were performed by the sponsor, and all the authors had full access to the data. KaplanMeier Estimates and Subgroup Analysis of Progression-free Survival.

The heterogeneity of the treatment effect among the subgroups was assessed with the use of statistical interaction tests and forest plots. The identification of biomarkers for homologous-recombination deficiency may provide an opportunity to target PARP inhibitors to the appropriate population. Microarray studies in serous epithelial ovarian cancer have identified a BRCAness gene-expression profile that appears to correlate with responsiveness to both platinum-based chemotherapy and poly(adenosine diphosphate [ADP]ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors.15,16, PARP plays an essential part in the repair of single-stranded DNA breaks, through the base-excision-repair pathway, and it has been proposed that PARP keeps low-fidelity nonhomologous-end-joining DNA repair machinery in check.17 Thus, PARP inhibition leads to the formation of double-stranded DNA breaks that cannot be accurately repaired in tumors with homologous recombination deficiency,18,19 owing to aberrant activation of low-fidelity repair mediated by nonhomologous end joining,17 a concept known as synthetic lethality.20 Olaparib (AZD2281) is a potent oral PARP inhibitor that induces synthetic lethality in BRCA1/2-deficient tumor cells.21,22 Antitumor activity at doses that were not unacceptably toxic was observed in phase 1 and phase 2 monotherapy studies involving patients with ovarian cancer who had BRCA1/2 germline mutations.23-25 In addition, a phase 2 study of olaparib monotherapy in patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer with or without BRCA1/2 mutations showed objective response rates of 41% for patients with BRCA1/2 mutations and 24% for those without such mutations.26. 0000046595 00000 n The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the guidelines for Good Clinical Practice. A significant benefit in the secondary end points of time to progression, as assessed by means of RECIST guidelines or CA-125 level, whichever showed earlier progression, and change in tumor size at 24 weeks was also observed in patients receiving olaparib. 0000001936 00000 n 0000040403 00000 n

The identical hazard ratios for the primary end point of progression-free survival, according to RECIST guidelines, and for the secondary progression end point that also incorporated objective CA-125 measurements further support the validity of the significant improvement in progression-free survival. More patients in the olaparib group had dose interruptions or reductions (27.9% and 22.8%, respectively) as a result of adverse events, as compared with the placebo group (8.6% and 4.7%).

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0000025531 00000 n Of the 265 patients who met the eligibility criteria, 136 were randomly assigned to receive olaparib, at a dose of 400 mg twice daily, and 129 to receive placebo (Figure 1).

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Panel A shows KaplanMeier curves for progression-free survival in the randomized population. Dose modifications were more common in the olaparib group; however, discontinuations due to adverse events were infrequent, and adherence to therapy was high. Risch HA, McLaughlin JR, Cole DE, et al. Other key inclusion criteria were CA-125 measurements before treatment that were below the upper limit of the normal range (in the case of values above this limit, any increase in a second sample, obtained more than 7 days later, had to be less than a 15% increase from the first sample). 0000043944 00000 n

Study treatment was blinded with the use of unique identifiers generated during randomization.

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Sporadic epithelial ovarian cancer: clinical relevance of BRCA1 inhibition in the DNA damage and repair pathway. An interim analysis of overall survival (38% maturity, meaning that 38% of the patients had died) showed no significant difference between groups (hazard ratio with olaparib, 0.94; 95% CI, 0.63 to 1.39; P=0.75).

The toxicity profile of olaparib in this patient population was consistent with that reported in previous clinical studies.24,25,31 The majority of adverse events were grade 1 or 2 and did not require interruptions of the treatment.

The most trusted, influential source of new medical knowledge and clinical best practices in the world. Median progression-free survival was 8.4 months in the olaparib group versus 4.8 months in the placebo group (hazard ratio for progression or death, 0.35; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.25 to 0.49; P<0.001) (Figure 2A). A synthetic lethal therapeutic approach: poly(ADP) ribose polymerase inhibitors for the treatment of cancers deficient in DNA double-strand break repair. 6,> Dc,R.2B8:Rv-! 3B6k|]OVkRkI'Iji[AZ DN.x$3WZf2Vkz{[*xX+c9l~=cY KBvIg@hEl?_%J)}DwW(A((hll*,/((,- 5BCEPZZ ih(z]\E;\)H3}^'A&5'S:kq;X{)@T!AQgM0F,P-1g>0Y!{OJG53z]N}#)cVG

However, at the interim analysis of overall survival (data-cutoff point, October 31, 2011), 101 patients (38%) had died: 52 in the olaparib group and 49 in the placebo group. In conclusion, the results from this randomized, phase 2 study show that maintenance treatment with olaparib was associated with a significant improvement in progression-free survival among patients with platinum-sensitive, relapsed, high-grade serous ovarian cancer. 0000054043 00000 n ); Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood (G.R. ), and Evangelisches Krankenhaus, Dsseldorf (W.M.)

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However, the observed benefit with respect to progression-free survival did not translate into an overall survival benefit at the time of the interim analysis of overall survival. At the time of the interim analysis of overall survival, 29 patients were still receiving olaparib after a period of at least 21 months, and 4 patients were still receiving placebo. xb```b`Hd`c` @1v#@(!Gtm6Q>e

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