Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) treated with olaparib in combination with abiraterone.
234 Background: A Phase II trial showed that addition of olaparib (O) to abiraterone (A) led to significant radiographic progression-free survival benefit for patients (pts) with mCRPC vs placebo (P) + A (hazard ratio [HR] 0.65, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.44–0.97). We report predefined exploratory HRQoL analyses. Methods: This randomized, double-blind trial enrolled pts with mCRPC, post-docetaxel. Pts were randomized (71 per arm) to receive either O (300 mg bd, tablets) + A (1000 mg od) or P + A; all received prednisone (5 mg bd). Pts completed Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Prostate (FACT-P total score [TS]; range 0–156, higher score = better HRQoL), Brief Pain Inventory–Short Form (BPI-SF) and worst bone pain (wbp) questionnaires (both range 0–10, higher score = more severe pain). Adjusted mean change from baseline was analysed using a mixed model for repeated measures, improvement by logistic regression and deterioration by log-rank test. Results: Overall compliance rates (O + A vs P + A) were 97% vs 96%, 92% vs 85%, and 96% vs 92% for FACT-P, BPI-SF and wbp, respectively. Best FACT-P TS response of ‘improved’ (increase ≥6 points from baseline at two consecutive visits) was reported by 22/67 (33%) evaluable pts in the O + A vs 18/64 (28%) pts in the P + A arm; the odds ratio (1.32; 95% CI 0.64–2.78) favored the O + A arm. Best FACT-P TS response of ‘worsened’ (decrease ≥6 points from baseline) was reported by 15 (22%) vs 22 (34%) pts. Adjusted mean change from baseline in FACT-P TS across all visits was -0.60 vs -2.09 in the O + A and P + A arms, respectively (difference 1.48; 95% CI -3.96–6.92). Time to deterioration (TTD) results are shown in the table. Clinical trial information: NCT01972217. Conclusions: Whilst not statistically significant, in this study a higher percentage of pts treated with O + A vs P + A had improved HRQoL, with fewer pts negatively affected. Ongoing phase III studies will help elucidate the impact of O on HRQoL in pts with mCRPC. (NCT01972217)[Table: see text]