Table 2 Selected phase II/III studies with PARP inhibitors in gBRCA1/2m locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer

From: BRCA1/2 testing: therapeutic implications for breast cancer management

Study

Disease

Phase

N

Treatment

Efficacy in patients with gBRCA1/2m

NCT0049423457

Recurrent, advanced BC with median 3 prior regimens and BRCA1/2 mutation (BRCA1/2m)

II

27

Olaparib 400 mg BID

ORR: 41% (11/27)

OlympiAD NCT0200062261

Metastatic BC with gBRCA1/2m

III

302

Olaparib 300 mg BID vs treatment of physician’s choice (TPC; capecitabine, eribulin, or vinorelbine)

ORR: 60% with olaparib vs 29% with TPC

PFS: 7.0 months with olaparib vs 4.2 months with TPC (hazard ratio 0.58; 95% CI: 0.43–0.80; P < 0.001)

DoR: 6.4 months with olaparib (IQR, 2.8–9.7) vs 7.1 months with TPC (IQR, 3.2–12.2)

ABRAZO NCT0203491665

Advanced BC with gBRCA1/2m following platinum or multiple cytotoxic regimens

II

84

Talazoparib 1 mg/day following platinum-based therapy (cohort 1) vs ≥3 platinum-free cytotoxic-based regimens (cohort 2)

ORR: 21% (95% CI: 10–35) in cohort 1 vs 37% (95% CI: 21–55) in cohort 2

PFS: 4.0 months (95% CI: 2.8–5.4) in cohort 1 vs 5.6 months (95% CI: 5.5–7.8) in cohort 2

DoR: 5.8 months (95% CI: 2.8–NR) in cohort 1 vs 3.8 months (95% CI: 2.8–10.1) in cohort 2

CBR: 38% (95% CI: 24–53) in cohort 1 vs 66% (95% CI: 48–81) in cohort 2

EMBRACA NCT0194577564

Advanced BC with gBRCA1/2m

III

431

Talazoparib 1 mg/day vs physician’s choice of chemotherapy (PCT; capecitabine, eribulin, gemcitabine, or vinorelbine)

ORR: 63% (95% CI: 56–69) with talazoparib vs 27% (95% CI: 19–36) with PCT

PFS: 8.6 months (95% CI: 7.2–9.3) with talazoparib vs 5.6 (95% CI: 4.2–6.7) with PCT

DoR: 5.4 months (95% CI: 2.8–11.2) with talazoparib vs 3.1 (95% CI: 2.4–6.7) with PCT

CBR24: 69% (95% CI: 63–74%) with talazoparib vs 36% (95% CI: 28–45)

BRAVO NCT0190559266

Metastatic BC with gBRCA1/2m (and HER2-negative)

III

306 (est)

Niraparib vs physician’s choice of chemotherapy

ONGOING

Cancer Research UK67

Previously treated advanced OC or BC with gBRCA1/2m

II

78

n = 23 (BC)

Rucaparib

39% of BC patients (9/23) achieved stable disease ≥12 weeks

RUBY NCT0250504868

HER2-negative metastatic BC associated with BRCAness phenotype determined by “high-tumour genomic LOH” score and/or a somatic BRCAm

II

41 (est)

Rucaparib

ONGOING

Brocade 2 NCT0150660982

Locally recurrent or metastatic BC with gBRCA1/2m

II

284

Paclitaxel/carboplatin/veliparib (PCV) vs paclitaxel/carboplatin/placebo (PCP)

PFS: 14.1 months with PCV vs 12.3 months with PCP; hazard ratio 0.789 (95% CI: 0.536–1.162); P = 0.227

ORR: 78% with PCV vs 61% with PCP; P = 0.027

Brocade 3 NCT0216369483

Locally advanced or metastatic gBRCA1/2m BC (and HER2-negative)

III

500 (est)

Paclitaxel/carboplatin/veliparib vs paclitaxel/carboplatin/placebo

ONGOING

  1. BC breast cancer, BID twice daily, CBR clinical benefit rate, CBR24 CBR at 24 weeks, CI confidence interval, DoR duration of response, est estimated, IQR interquartile range, LOH loss-of-heterozygosity, gBRCA1/2m germline BRCA1/2 mutation, OC ovarian cancer, ORR objective response rate, PARP poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase, PCP paclitaxel/carboplatin/placebo, PCV paclitaxel/carboplatin/veliparib, PCT physician’s choice chemotherapy, PFS progression-free survival, TNBC triple-negative breast cancer, TPC treatment of physician’s choice