ICARE Newsletter Winter 2019

New Research and Approvals of PARP Inhibitor Drugs to Treat Prostate Cancer in BRCA Carriers

Treatment among patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: A PARP inhibitor (rucaparib) was granted a breakthrough therapy designation in October 2018 for monotherapy (i.e., sole treatment) among men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (with a BRCA1/2 mutation) who have received at least one prior androgen receptor-directed treatment and taxane-based chemotherapy. This designation was granted based on results of the phase II TRITON2 study, some results of which have been presented at national meeting, but not yet published.