scholarly journals Beyond Breast and Ovarian Cancers: PARP Inhibitors for BRCA Mutation-Associated and BRCA-Like Solid Tumors

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ciara C. O’Sullivan ◽  
Dominic H. Moon ◽  
Elise C. Kohn ◽  
Jung-Min Lee
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 100987
Author(s):  
Yue Sun ◽  
Jing Wu ◽  
Xiaoying Dong ◽  
Jingzi Zhang ◽  
Chao Meng ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 1647-1647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Carmona

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e14026-e14026
Author(s):  
Ronald Ramos ◽  
Seth Andrew Climans ◽  
Ashley Adile ◽  
Pegah Ghiassi ◽  
Stephanie Baker ◽  
...  

e14026 Background: Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutations are frequently observed in low grade gliomas and secondary glioblastoma. Mutant IDH enzymes aberrantly convert α-ketoglutarate (αKG) to 2-hydroxyglutarate (2HG). Accumulation of 2HG inhibits αKG-dependent dioxygenases, many of which are involved in epigenetic regulation. This can lead to cellular dedifferentiation and tumor formation. IDH-mutated cancer cells exhibit defective homologous recombination repair, providing the rationale for investigating poly (adenosine 5’-diphophate-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors in these tumors. Blockade of programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD‐L1) re‐sensitizes PARP inhibitor treated cancer cells to T‐cell killing. We report the preliminary results of the glioma arm of a clinical trial of a PARP inhibitor, olaparib plus PD-L1 inhibitor, durvalumab, for IDH-mutated solid cancer. Methods: This is a single arm phase II basket study (NCT03991832). Patients with IDH-mutated solid tumors are divided into three cohorts; A: glioma; B: cholangiocarcinoma; C: all other solid tumors. Major eligibility criteria include IDH mutation by immunohistochemistry or sequencing, progressive disease with maximum two prior systemic therapies, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG) 0 –1 and adequate organ function. Patients were excluded if they had received prior PARP inhibitors or anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies. Patients were treated with olaparib 300 mg orally twice daily continuously and durvalumab 1500 mg IV every 4 weeks. Each cycle was 4 weeks. Tumor response was evaluated by MRI after every 2 cycles of study treatments using response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST). Results: As of Jan 2021, 9 patients were enrolled in Arm A, 7 men and 2 women. The median age was 42 years. Eight patients had IDH1 mutations and 1 had an IDH2 mutation. There were two patients with 1p/19q codeletion. Two patients had grade 2 tumors, four had grade 3, and three had grade 4 tumors. Median time since tumor diagnosis was 7 years. Objective response was seen in 1 patient with an IDH-mutated glioblastoma who remains on study treatments after 8 cycles. Six patients (67%) had tumor progression after two cycles. Two patients had stable disease as per RECIST but had clinical deterioration and did not continue the combined treatment. Common treatment emergent adverse events were all grade 1: fatigue (8 patients), nausea (6), abdominal pain (3), anemia (3), thrombocytopenia (3), and diarrhea (2). Median progression free survival was 2.5 months (range 1.9–8 months). Updated analysis and correlative studies will be presented at the meeting. Conclusions: Combination treatment with olaparib and durvalumab for patients with IDH-mutated glioma is well tolerated but appears to lack adequate antitumor activity. Clinical trial information: NCT03991832.


2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 375-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Stasenko ◽  
Olga Fillipova ◽  
William P. Tew

Primary fallopian tube carcinoma is a rare and difficult to cure disease. It is often grouped under the epithelial ovarian cancer umbrella, together with primary ovarian and peritoneal carcinomas. More recent evidence has suggested that epithelial ovarian cancers originate from a fallopian tube precursor. The mainstay of treatment is surgical cytoreduction and platinum-based chemotherapy. There is much debate over the best timing for surgery and the best approach to delivering the chemotherapy: traditional intravenous once every 3 weeks regimen, versus intraperitoneal, versus dose-dense intravenous regimens. Although these debates continue, novel targeted therapies, including bevacizumab and poly(adenosine diphosphate [ADP]-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors, have emerged. PARP inhibitors are particularly efficacious in patients with BRCA1/2 gene mutations, and their use has been shown to prolong patient survival. This article reviews the pathologic etiology; describes the heredity, treatment challenges, and controversies; and summarizes novel therapies in primary fallopian tube carcinoma.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (33) ◽  
pp. 2691-2700
Author(s):  
Helena Verdaguer ◽  
Daniel Acosta ◽  
Teresa Macarulla

Pancreatic cancer has a poor prognosis. Focused efforts in the development of novel treatments of this disease have led to the approval of new combinations. Improvements in knowledge of the biology of these tumors have been made, and it is now widely accepted that a proportion of patients have potentially targetable altered genes. One such gene is BRCA, which confers sensibility to PARP inhibitors. Olaparib, an oral PARP inhibitor, initially demonstrated activity in Phase II clinical trials including germline BRCA-mutated patients. This was confirmed in a Phase III clinical trial in pancreatic cancer patients with a germline BRCA mutation. After the results of this study, new scenarios have been evoked. We review the development of olaparib in pancreatic cancer.


2016 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. iv67
Author(s):  
E. De Matteis ◽  
M.R. De Giorgio ◽  
P. Tarantino ◽  
G. Ronzino ◽  
M. Ciccarese ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 232470961986498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevanne Matthews Hew ◽  
Lara Zuberi

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) accounts for 20% of breast cancers diagnosed worldwide. This subtype of breast cancer tends to behave more aggressively, and unlike other breast cancer subtypes, there are no standard targeted treatments for most patients. However, up to 20% of patients with TNBC harbor a breast cancer gene (BRCA) mutation, particularly in BRCA1. For patients who carry this gene mutation, this opens the door for new management options by the use of newer agents such as polyadenosine diphosphate-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors in the metastatic setting. Given that this is uncommon and that PARP inhibitors have only recently received Federal Drug Administration approval, the experience with these drugs is relatively new. In this article, we present a case of a patient treated in this setting with olaparib who developed an unanticipated side effect as a result of the high efficacy of the drug.


1998 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 2959-2963 ◽  
Author(s):  
A A Garcia ◽  
S Keren-Rosenberg ◽  
D Parimoo ◽  
M Rogers ◽  
S Jeffers ◽  
...  

PURPOSE We sought to determine the tolerance of estramustine phosphate (EMP) combined with a 3-hour paclitaxel infusion in women with solid paclitaxel-pretreated solid tumors. Paclitaxel pharmacology was to be studied at the recommended phase II dose. PATIENTS AND METHODS Paclitaxel was administered to cohorts of at least three assessable patients at doses of 150, 180, 210, and 225 mg/m2, while EMP was given at 900 and 1,200 mg/m2/d in divided doses orally for 2 days preceding and on the day of paclitaxel. The pharmacologic study was performed at 225 mg/m2 paclitaxel given in the absence and 3 weeks later in the presence of EMP 900 mg/m2/d. RESULTS Thirty-eight patients received a total of 178 courses. Grade 3 nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea were common at EMP 1,200 mg/m2 and paclitaxel 225 mg/ m2; this was considered the maximum-tolerated dose. Since these toxicities appeared related to EMP, the pharmacologic study used a dose of 900 mg/m2 of this agent with 225 mg/m2 paclitaxel. Antitumor activity was documented against breast and ovarian cancers at all levels. Paclitaxel pharmacokinetics without and with EMP did not differ. CONCLUSION EMP 900 mg/m2 for 3 days and 225 mg/m2 paclitaxel by 3-hour infusion are well tolerated; antitumor activity was seen in women with paclitaxel-pretreated solid tumors. This apparent enhancement of antitumor effects is unlikely to be mediated by P-glycoprotein.


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