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.
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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 |