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. 2016 Mar 29;114(7):713–715. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.67

Table 1. Table showing the response rates and predominant toxicities for different PARP inhibitors in patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

  BRCA1/2 mutant
BRCA1/2 wild type and unknown
   
Drug No. Response No. Response Predominant toxicity (in order of frequency) References
Olaparib (AZD2281) >100 (mostly platinum resistant) 30–60% 46 Platinum sensitive 50% Platinum resistant 4% GI symptoms, fatigue, anaemia (Fong et al, 2010; Gelmon et al, 2011; Kaye et al, 2012)
Rucaparib (AG014699) 39 (all platinum sensitive) 69% 132 LOHhigh 29% LOHlow 13% GI symptoms, fatigue, anaemia, transient ALT/AST elevations (Kristeleit et al, 2015)
Niraparib (MK4827) 20 (9 platinum sensitive) 40% 3 19 Platinum sensitive 67% Platinum resistant 16% Anaemia, thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, GI symptoms, fatigue (Sandhu et al, 2013)
Talazoparib (BMN-673) 26a 46% Fatigue, alopecia, GI symptoms, anaemia, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia (Wainberg et al, 2014)
Veliparib (ABT-888) 28a,b 40% 24a,b 4% Nausea, fatigue, lymphopenia (Puhalla et al, 2014)

Abbreviations: ALT=alanine transaminase; AST=aspartate transaminase; GI=gastrointestinal; LOH=loss of heterozygosity.

a

Platinum responsiveness not known.

b

Includes triple negative breast cancer.