This study to learn more about olaparib and olaparib plus durvalumab combination therapy
and also to better understand the studied disease, breast cancer, and associated health
problems.
Olaparib is a type of drug called a PARP (poly [adenosine diphosphate-ribose] polymerase)
inhibitor. PARP inhibitors can destroy cancer cells that are not good at repairing DNA
damage. Olaparib is also approved by US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), European
Medicines Agency (EMA) and in other countries for treating women with BRCA-mutated, human
epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative metastatic breast cancer.
Durvalumab is a type of anticancer drug called immunotherapy that targets cancer cells by
blocking the signal that prevents the immune system from seeing the cancer cell. Your
immune system can then attack and kill the cancer cells. Durvalumab is approved by the
FDA and the EMA for the treatment of patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung
cancer after receiving chemoradiation therapy and extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
in combination with chemotherapy.
Some parts of this study are experimental, which means that durvalumab and the
combination of olaparib and durvalumab are still in the development stage for the
treatment of breast cancer, and they are not approved for treatment of breast cancer,
except for use in research studies like this.
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT05498155.
Locations matching your search criteria
United States
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)Status: Active
Name Not Available
The investigation of olaparib as monotherapy or olaparib in combination with durvalumab
in patients with early stage BRCAm, oestrogen receptor (ER)-negative or ER-low, human
epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative breast cancer who are candidates for
neoadjuvant therapy supports the ongoing effort to identify novel agents and new drug
combinations that can improve pathological complete response (pCR) rates and event-free
survival (EFS). In patients at a lower risk (T1b-c/N0) of disease recurrence and a higher
chance for cure, monotherapy olaparib may provide adequate neoadjuvant treatment. In
contrast, monotherapy olaparib may be inadequate neoadjuvant treatment for those patients
at a higher risk (T2/N0 or T1/N1) of recurrence, and the addition of an immune checkpoint
inhibitor (ICI) to the neoadjuvant regimen may improve long-term outcomes as was seen in
KEYNOTE-522 and GeparNuevo. However, the risk of irreversible immune-mediated adverse
events (AEs) of the endocrine system due to ICI use supports the use of ICIs only in the
cohort of patients at higher risk for disease recurrence. For both the lower and higher
risk groups, the study treatments have the potential for the development of de-escalation
strategies in this disease setting where traditional chemotherapy regimens may be avoided
altogether.
While assessment of the efficacy of the combination of olaparib and durvalumab is
ongoing, there are sufficient safety data available to develop a safety and tolerability
profile for the combination.
Lead OrganizationAstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP