Lynparza is a "first-in-class" PARP inhibitor and the first targeted treatment that works through the concept of synthetic lethality, aimed at targeting cells/tumors with homologous recombination repair (HRR) defects (such as cells carrying BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 mutations).
According to the Zhito Finance APP, AstraZeneca (AZN.US) and Merck (MRK.US) announced the long-term results of the Phase 3 clinical trial OlympiA today. The study shows that the PARP inhibitor Lynparza (olaparib) significantly improves overall survival (OS), invasive disease-free survival (IDFS), and distant disease-free survival (DDFS) in high-risk early breast cancer patients with germline BRCA mutations (gBRCAm) who are HER2-negative.
With a median follow-up of 6.1 years, in patients who have completed local treatment and standard neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy, Lynparza reduced the risk of death by 28% compared to placebo (HR=0.72; 95% CI: 0.56-0.93). Additionally, 87.5% of patients receiving Lynparza were still alive, while the survival rate for the placebo group was 83.2%.
Lynparza is a "first-in-class" PARP inhibitor and the first targeted treatment that works through the concept of synthetic lethality, aimed at targeting cells/tumors with homologous recombination repair (HRR) defects (such as cells carrying BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 mutations). Based on the results of the Phase 3 clinical trial OlympiA, Lynparza has been approved in the USA, European Union, Japan, and many Other countries and regions for the treatment of gBRCAm, HER2-negative high-risk early breast cancer. Furthermore, it has also been approved in the USA, European Union, Japan, and many Other countries and regions for the treatment of gBRCAm, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.