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. 2018 May 29;12:1501–1509. doi: 10.2147/DDDT.S124447

Table 1.

Phase II/III studies of olaparib in ovarian cancer

Study Patient population and BRCA status Treatment arms Total accrual Primary endpoint ORR PFS
Audeh et al,55 2010 Recurrent epithelial ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube carcinoma
BRCA1/2 positive
Cohort 1: olaparib 400 mg BID
Cohort 2: olaparib 100 mg BID
57 ORR Cohort 1: 33%
Cohort 2: 13%
Cohort 1: 5.8 months
Cohort 2: 1.9 months
Kaye et al,56 2012 Platinum-resistant, recurrent, epithelial ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube carcinoma
BRCA1/2 positive
Arm 1: olaparib 200 mg BID
Arm 2: olaparib 400 mg BID
Arm 3: PLD 50 mg/m2
97 PFS Arm 1: 25%
Arm 2: 31% Arm 3: 18%
Arm 1: 6.5 months
Arm 2: 8.8 months
Arm 3: 7.1 months
Gelmon et al,57 2011 Advanced metastatic or recurrent ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer (high-grade serous and/or undifferentiated)
or breast cancer BRCA1/2 positive AND BRCA1/2 negative
Olaparib 400 mg BID 91 (65 with gynecologic cancer) ORR BRCA1/2 positive: 41%
BRCA1/2 negative: 24%
BRCA1/2 positive+platinum sensitive: 60%
BRCA1/2 negative+platinum sensitive: 50%
BRCA1/2 positive+platinum resistant: 33%
BRCA1/2 negative+platinum resistant: 4%
BRCA1/2 positive: 221 days
BRCA1/2 negative: 192 days
Ledermann et al,53 2014 Platinum-sensitive, recurrent, high-grade serous epithelial ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube carcinoma
BRCA1/2 positive AND BRCA1/2 negative
(Maintenance therapy following platinum- based chemotherapy)
Arm 1: olaparib
400 mg BID
Arm 2: placebo
265 PFS Arm 1: 8.4 months
Arm 2: 4.8 months
Olaparib+BRCA1/2 positive: 11.2 months
Olaparib+BRCA1/2 negative: 5.6 months
Placebo+BRCA1/2 positive: 4.3 months
Placebo+BRCA1/2 negative: 5.5 months
Oza et al,58 2015 Platinum-sensitive, recurrent, serous ovarian cancer
BRCA1/2 positive AND BRCA1/2 negative
Arm 1: Olaparib
200 mg BID+paclitaxel
175 mg/m2+carboplatin
AUC 4×6 cycles followed by olaparib
400 mg BID maintenance
Arm 2: Paclitaxel
175 mg/m2+carboplatin
AUC 4×6 cycles
162 PFS Arm 1: 64%
Arm 2: 58%
Arm 1: 12.2 months
Arm 2: 9.6 months
Kaufman et al,50 2015 Platinum-resistant, recurrent, ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer
BRCA1/2 positive
Olaparib 400 mg BID 193 ORR 31% 225 days

Abbreviations: AUC, area under the curve; ORR, objective response rate; PFS, progression-free survival; PLD, pegylated lyposomal doxorubicin.