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. 2022 Oct 11;61(12):1649–1675. doi: 10.1007/s40262-022-01167-6

Table 6.

Effect of food on the pharmacokinetics of PARP inhibitors after a single dose

PARP inhibitor Condition N Dose (mg) t½ (h) Tmax (h) Cmax (ng/mL) AUC0–last
(ng × h/mL)
AUC0–∞
(ng × h/mL)
Result meal vs fasted state References
Olaparib capsules High-fat meal 31 400 12.20 ± 4.53a 4.03 (2.00–8.03)a 6,070 (45.1%)a 64,620 (63.3%)a 65,440 (64.2%)a

↓ t½ 34%

↑ Tmax 134%

↔Cmax

↑AUC0–last 22%

↑AUC0–∞ 19%

[139]
Standard meal 31 400 15.42 ± 5.92a 4.00 (1.00–8.00)b 6,970 (45.9%)b 67,710 (86.4%)c 70,190 (80.5%)a

↓ t½ 16%

↑ Tmax 133%

↑Cmax 10%

↑AUC0–last 20%

↑AUC0–∞ 21%

Fasted 31 400 18.39 ± 6.99b 1.72 (0.92–4.05)d 6,350 (40.9%)d 58,400 (75.6%)d 61,060 (78.1%)b
Olaparib tablets High-fat meal 54 300 11.1 ± 4.09e 4.00 (1.00–12.0) 5,480 (40.5%) 46,000 (56.6%)e 45,400 (57.1%)e

↔ t½

↑ Tmax 167%

↓Cmax 21%

↑AUC0–last 8%

↑AUC0–∞ 8%

[36]
Fasted 55 300 12.2 ± 5.31f 1.50 (0.50–5.85) 7,000 (35.0%) 43,600 (54.3%)f 43,000 (55.2%)g
Niraparib High-fat meal 15 300 47.9 ± 17.5h 8.0 ± 4.9i 582.1 (39%) 27,186.4 (52%) 31,194 (54%)h

↔ t½

↑ Tmax 128%

↓Cmax 27%

↔AUC0–last

↔AUC0–∞

[61]
Fasted 16 300 50.5 ± 17.9 3.5 ± 1.2i 803.7 (50%) 28,638.1 (63%) 29,016.1 (63%)j
Rucaparib High-fat meal 26 600 16.8 ± 9.5k 7.83 (1.5–24.45) 959 (73%) 13,900l (74%) NR

↔ t½

↑ Tmax 95%

↑Cmax 20%

↑AUC0–24h 38%

[91]
Fasted 26 600 18.7 ± 9.9m 4.02 (0.53–24.83) 819 (84%) 10,000l (76%) NR
Talazoparib High-fat meal 18 0.5 113.6 ± 38.3 4.00 (0.75–5.00) 0.996 (22%) 58.215 (19%) 61.065 (19%)

↔ t½

↑ Tmax 300%

↓Cmax 46%

↔AUC0–last

↔AUC0–∞

[102]
Fasted 18 0.5 g 116.7 ± 31.9 1.00 (0.50–1.52) 1.849 (41%) 59.694 (19%) 62.551 (18%)

AUC area under the plasma concentration–time curve, AUC0–24h AUC from zero to 24 hours, AUC0–last AUC from zero to the last measurable timepoint, AUC0–∞ AUC from zero to infinity, Cmax maximum plasma concentration, CV% percentage coefficient of variation, N number of subjects, NR not reported, PARP poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase, SD standard deviation, t½ elimination half-life, Tmax time to maximum plasma concentration, ↑ indicates increase, ↓ indicates decrease, ↔ indicates no change

Data are presented as mean (CV%) for Cmax, AUC0–last and AUC0–∞, as median (range) for tmax and mean ± SD for t1/2

aBased on 27 patients

bBased on 29 patients

cBased on 28 patients

dBased on 30 patients

eBased on 51 patients

fBased on 54 patients

gBased on 52 patients

hBased on 14 patients

itmax is presented as mean ± SD

jBased on 15 patients

kBased on 11 patients

lAUC0–24h,m based on 19 patients