Regulatory approval

Published by the Health Canada.

Health Canada approved olaparib as monotherapy for the maintenance treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm) metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas whose disease has not progressed on a minimum of 16 weeks of first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.

This is written in the approval document as:

LYNPARZA (olaparib) is indicated as monotherapy for the maintenance treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm) metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas whose disease has not progressed on a minimum of 16 weeks of first-line platinum-based chemotherapy. Germline BRCA mutation must be confirmed before LYNPARZA treatment is initiated.

Citation

AstraZeneca Canada Inc. Lynparza (olaparib) [product monograph]. Health Canada website. https://pdf.hres.ca/dpd_pm/00080379.PDF. Published April 2025. Accessed June 2025.

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Type Biomarker(s) Cancer type Therapy(ies)
Sensitivity (+) BRCA1 pathogenic variants Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Olaparib
Sensitivity (+) BRCA2 pathogenic variants Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Olaparib