Maintenance olaparib monotherapy in patients with platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer without a germline BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 mutation: Final overall survival results from the OPINION trial

Abstract

Objective

Maintenance olaparib demonstrated clinical activity for progression-free survival in patients without a germline BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 mutation (non-gBRCAm) who had platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer in the phase IIIb, open-label, single-arm, non-comparator, international OPINION trial (NCT03402841). We report final overall survival (OS; secondary endpoint), prespecified secondary endpoint updates and ad hoc OS analysis by homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) and somatic BRCAm (sBRCAm) status.

Methods

Patients with non-gBRCAm platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer, ≥2 prior lines of platinum-based chemotherapy, and in response following their last platinum-based chemotherapy received 300 mg olaparib tablets twice daily until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Results

279 patients were enrolled and treated. With a median follow-up in patients censored for OS of 33.1 months (data cut-off September 17, 2021), median OS was 32.7 months (95 % CI 29.5–35.3); the 24-month OS rate was 65.8 %. In ad hoc subgroup analyses, OS rates tended to be higher in patients with HRD-positive tumors; 24-month OS rates were 81.5 %, 74.2 %, 72.0 % and 55.8 % in the sBRCAm, HRD-positive including sBRCAm, HRD-positive excluding sBRCAm, and HRD-negative subgroups, respectively. Grade ≥ 3 treatment-emergent adverse events were reported in 82 patients (29.4 %), most commonly anemia (13.6 %). Overall, two cases of myelodysplastic syndrome were reported (no new cases since the primary analysis).

Conclusion

These data provide additional evidence of olaparib as maintenance therapy in patients with non-gBRCAm platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer, with longer OS observed in those with HRD-positive tumors. The safety profile was consistent with the primary analysis and known safety profile of olaparib, with no new safety findings.