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Olaparib for Treatment of Metastatic Kidney Cancer in Patients with DNA Repair Gene Mutations, the ORCHID Study

Trial Status: active

This phase II trial studies how well olaparib works in treating patients with kidney cancer that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic) and have mutations in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) repair genes. It will also examine if olaparib is safe in these patients. PARPs are proteins that help repair damage to DNA, the genetic material that serves as the body’s instruction book. Changes (mutations) in DNA can cause tumor cells to grow quickly and out of control. PARP inhibitors like olaparib have been shown to keep PARP from working, so tumor cells may not be able to repair themselves, and may-stop growing.