Olaparib in patients with mCRPC with homologous recombination repair gene alterations: PROfound Asian subset analysis

Nobuaki Matsubara*, Kazuo Nishimura, Satoru Kawakami, Jae Young Joung, Hiroji Uemura, Takayuki Goto, Tae Gyun Kwon, Mikio Sugimoto, Masashi Kato, Shian Shiang Wang, See Tong Pang, Chung Hsin Chen, Tomoko Fujita, Masahiro Nii, Liji Shen, Melanie Dujka, Maha Hussain, Johann De Bono

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Abstract

Background: The Phase III PROfound study (NCT02987543) evaluated olaparib versus abiraterone or enzalutamide (control; randomized 2:1 to olaparib or control) in men with homologous recombination repair gene alterations and metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer whose disease progressed on prior next-generation hormonal agent. Methods: We present efficacy and safety data from an exploratory post hoc analysis of olaparib in the PROfound Asian subset. Analyses were not planned, alpha controlled or powered. Of 101 Asian patients enrolled in Japan (n=57), South Korea (n=29) and Taiwan (n=15), 66 and 35 patients received olaparib and control, respectively. Results: Radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) and overall survival (OS) favored olaparib versus control in Cohort A [rPFS 7.2 vs. 4.5 months, HR 0.58, 95% CI 0.29-1.21, P = 0.14 (nominal); OS 23.4 vs. 17.8 months, HR 0.81, 95% CI 0.40-1.74, P = 0.57 (nominal)] and Cohorts A+B [rPFS 5.8 vs. 3.5 months, HR 0.69, 95% CI 0.42-1.16, P = 0.13 (nominal); OS 18.6 vs. 16.2 months, HR 0.96, 95% CI 0.56-1.70, P = 0.9 (nominal)]. Olaparib showed greatest improvement in patients harboring BRCA alterations [rPFS 9.3 vs. 3.5 months, HR 0.17, 95% CI 0.06-0.49, P = 0.0003 (nominal); OS 26.8 vs. 14.3 months, HR 0.62, 95% CI 0.24-1.79, P = 0.34 (nominal)]. Safety data were consistent with the known profile of olaparib, with no new safety signals identified. Conclusion: In PROfound, there was a statistically significant improvement in outcomes reported in the global population of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and alterations in homologous recombination repair genes whose disease progressed on prior next-generation hormonal agent compared with control. For the subset of Asian patients reported here, exploratory analysis suggested that there was also an improvement in outcomes versus control. The safety and tolerability of olaparib in Asian patients were similar to that of the PROfound global population.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)441-448
Number of pages8
JournalJapanese Journal of Clinical Oncology
Volume52
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1 2022

Funding

This work was supported by AstraZeneca and is part of an alliance between AstraZeneca and Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a sub-sidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.

Keywords

  • BRCA
  • PROfound
  • homologous recombination repair gene alteration
  • mCRPC
  • olaparib

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Cancer Research

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