Therapeutic Response Statement (Sensitivity)

This therapeutic response statement supports the relationship that CDK12 pathogenic variants status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Abiraterone acetate, Niraparib, Prednisone in patients with Prostate Adenocarcinoma.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval to Akeega (abiraterone acetate with niraparib) in combination with prednisone for the treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious BRCA-mutated (BRCAm) metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Patients should be selected for therapy based on an FDA-approved test for Akeega.

This statement is based on a regulatory approval from the Food and Drug Administration:

AKEEGA is a combination of niraparib, a poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, and abiraterone acetate, a CYP17 inhibitor indicated with prednisone for the treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious BRCA-mutated (BRCAm) metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Select patients for therapy based on an FDA-approved test for AKEEGA.

Citation

Janssen Biotech, Inc. Akeega (abiraterone acetate and niraparib) [package insert]. U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2023/216793s000lbl.pdf. Revised August 2023. Accessed October 30, 2024.