Toxicities limit combination of PARP inhibitors (PARPi) and chemotherapy in patients with germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variant (gBRCAm) breast cancer. Here, the authors report a preclinical study followed by a randomised phase II/III clinical trial investigating the addition of a gap between chemotherapy (carboplatin and paclitaxel) and PARPi (olaparib), in patients with early gBRCAm breast cancer.
- Jean E. Abraham
- Lenka Oplustil O’Connor
- Helena M. Earl