Therapeutic Response Statement (Sensitivity)
This therapeutic response statement supports the relationship that BRCA1 oncogenic variants status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Olaparib in patients with Ovarian Epithelial Tumor.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to olaparib for the maintenance treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline or somatic BRCA-mutated advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer who are in complete or partial response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy. Olaparib's product label specifies to select patients for therapy based on an FDA-approved companion diagnostic for Lynparza.
This statement is based on a regulatory approval from the Food and Drug Administration:
Lynparza is a poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor indicated for the maintenance treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline or somatic BRCA-mutated advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer who are in complete or partial response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy. Select patients for therapy based on an FDA-approved companion diagnostic for Lynparza.