LYNPARZA (olaparib) in Combination with Abiraterone Delayed Disease Progression in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

AstraZeneca and Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today presented data which showed clinical improvement in median radiologic progression-free survival (rPFS) with LYNPARZA^®(olaparib) in combination with abiraterone compared to abiraterone monotherapy, a current standard of care, in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). LYNPARZA is being jointly developed and commercialized by AstraZeneca and Merck.

As quoted in the press release:

The results of Study 08, a randomized, double-blinded, multi-center Phase 2 trial, comparing LYNPARZA in combination with abiraterone (n=71) to abiraterone monotherapy (n=71) in patients with previously-treated mCRPC, regardless of homologous recombination repair (HRR) mutation status, were presented at the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting as a “Best of ASCO presentation” and were published online today in The Lancet Oncology. The primary endpoint was rPFS. Secondary endpoints included time to second progression or death (PFS2), overall survival (OS) and health-related quality of life.

LYNPARZA is not FDA-approved for prostate cancer. LYNPARZA is indicated for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer patients with a gBRCA mutation previously treated with three or more lines of chemotherapy; for the maintenance treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer in response to platinum-based chemotherapy regardless of BRCA mutation status; and for the treatment of gBRCA HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer after chemotherapy and prior endocrine therapy, if appropriate. Physicians should select advanced ovarian cancer and metastatic breast cancer patients for therapy based on a FDA-approved companion diagnostic. Please see Indications for LYNPARZA^® (olaparib) 100 mg in the U.S. below.

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