Olaparib

Olaparib (Lynparza, AstraZeneca AB) has 10 EU-approved indications in 5 tumour types. 7 need a biomarker result: BRCA1/2 (6) and HRD (1).
Approved indications of Olaparib
Biomarker requirementRegimenSettingConditions
Breast cancer3
Germline BRCA1/2 mutation, HER2-negative
+ endocrine therapy
Adj.
early
After neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy; High risk of recurrence
Germline BRCA1/2 mutation, HER2-negative
Monotherapy
Adj.
early
After neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy; High risk of recurrence
Germline BRCA1/2 mutation, HER2-negative
Monotherapy
Any line
advanced
After anthracycline and a taxane in the (neo)adjuvant or metastatic setting unless not suitable; if HR-positive, progressed on or after prior endocrine therapy, or considered unsuitable for endocrine therapy
Pancreatic cancer1
Germline BRCA1/2 mutation
Monotherapy
Maint.
metastatic
After minimum of 16 weeks of platinum treatment within a first-line chemotherapy regimen without progression
Ovarian cancer3
HRD-positive (BRCA1/2 mutation and/or genomic instability)
+ bevacizumab
Maint.
advanced
High-grade only; In complete or partial response following completion of first-line platinum-based chemotherapy in combination with bevacizumab
BRCA1/2 mutation (germline and/or somatic)
Monotherapy
Maint.
advanced
High-grade only; In complete or partial response following completion of first-line platinum-based chemotherapy
None
Monotherapy
Maint.
advanced
High-grade only; Platinum-sensitive relapsed; in complete or partial response to platinum-based chemotherapy
Endometrial cancer1
Mismatch repair proficient
+ durvalumab
Maint.
advanced
After first-line treatment with durvalumab in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel without progression
Prostate cancer2
None
+ abiraterone and prednisone or prednisolone
1L
metastatic
Castration-resistant only; Chemotherapy is not clinically indicated; castration-resistant
BRCA1/2 mutation (germline and/or somatic)
Monotherapy
2L
metastatic
Castration-resistant only; After prior therapy that included a new hormonal agent; Castration-resistant
Full text of section 4.1 (therapeutic indications)

Ovarian cancer Lynparza is indicated as monotherapy for the: • maintenance treatment of adult patients with advanced (FIGO stages III and IV) BRCA1/2-mutated (germline and/or somatic) high-grade epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer who are in response (complete or partial) following completion of first-line platinum-based chemotherapy. • maintenance treatment of adult patients with platinum-sensitive relapsed high-grade epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer who are in response (complete or partial) to platinum-based chemotherapy. Lynparza in combination with bevacizumab is indicated for the: • maintenance treatment of adult patients with advanced (FIGO stages III and IV) high-grade epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer who are in response (complete or partial) following completion of first-line platinum-based chemotherapy in combination with bevacizumab and whose cancer is associated with homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) positive status defined by either a BRCA1/2 mutation and/or genomic instability (see section 5.1). Breast cancer Lynparza is indicated as: • monotherapy or in combination with endocrine therapy for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with germline BRCA1/2-mutations who have HER2-negative, high risk early breast cancer previously treated with neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy (see sections 4.2 and 5.1). • monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with germline BRCA1/2-mutations, who have HER2 negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer. Patients should have previously been treated with an anthracycline and a taxane in the (neo)adjuvant or metastatic setting unless patients were not suitable for these treatments (see section 5.1). Patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer should also have progressed on or after prior endocrine therapy, or be considered unsuitable for endocrine therapy. Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas Lynparza is indicated as monotherapy for the maintenance treatment of adult patients with germline BRCA1/2-mutations who have metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas and have not progressed after a minimum of 16 weeks of platinum treatment within a first-line chemotherapy regimen. Prostate cancer Lynparza is indicated: • as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and BRCA1/2-mutations (germline and/or somatic) who have progressed following prior therapy that included a new hormonal agent. • in combination with abiraterone and prednisone or prednisolone for the treatment of adult patients with mCRPC in whom chemotherapy is not clinically indicated (see section 5.1). Endometrial cancer Lynparza in combination with durvalumab is indicated for the maintenance treatment of adult patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer that is mismatch repair proficient (pMMR) whose disease has not progressed on first-line treatment with durvalumab in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel.

Label history

40 changes to the Lynparza label since 2016, 8 of them to the indications. Newest first, in the words of EMA's record of each procedure.

Changes