Therapeutic Response Statement (Sensitivity)
This therapeutic response statement supports the relationship that BRCA2 pathogenic variants, HER2-negative status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Olaparib in patients with Invasive Breast Carcinoma.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to olaparib for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious gBRCAm human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative high risk early breast cancer who have been treated with neoadjuvant or adjuvant 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 adjuvant treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious gBRCAm human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative high risk early breast cancer who have been treated with neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy. Select patients for therapy based on an FDA-approved companion diagnostic for Lynparza.