Indirect treatment comparison of the efficacy of olaparib 300 mg tablets BID and cabazitaxel 25 mg/m2 every 3 weeks plus daily prednisolone and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in the treatment of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

Authors

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Tim Reason

Estima Scientific, London, United Kingdom

Tim Reason , Charles McCrea , Robert Hettle , Sameer Ghate , Christian Heinrich Poehlein , David Olmos

Organizations

Estima Scientific, London, United Kingdom, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, Madrid, Spain

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
AstraZeneca and Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA

Background: In PROfound, olaparib demonstrated improved radiological PFS (rPFS) and overall survival (OS) versus new hormonal agent (NHA) in patients with homologous recombination repair mutated (HRRm) mCRPC that had progressed on prior NHA. This efficacy was observed across prespecified subgroups including patients treated with prior taxane therapy and for whom intravenous cabazitaxel is an alternative treatment option. The relative efficacy of olaparib versus cabazitaxel has not been assessed in head-to-head studies. An indirect treatment comparison (ITC) was performed to simulate the comparative efficacy of olaparib and cabazitaxel in patients with HRRm mCRPC after prior taxane and NHA. Methods: Fixed-effects frequentist ITCs were conducted using efficacy data from the prior taxane subgroup of PROfound (NCT02987543) and published data from the Phase IV CARD study of cabazitaxel versus NHA after prior NHA and taxane treatment (NCT02485691). Baseline variables feasible for comparison across studies were assessed for effect modification. Efficacy analyses were performed on the hazard ratios (HR) of rPFS by independent central review and OS. The OS analysis was performed using the final PROfound OS results, which included switching from NHA to olaparib after progression, and using results that were adjusted for switching. In the absence of biomarker subgroup data, the efficacy results of the overall population in CARD were assumed generalizable to the HRRm biomarker population of PROfound, such that mutation status is not a modifier of relative treatment effect for cabazitaxel versus NHA. Results were presented for the comparison of olaparib with cabazitaxel in the BRCA1-/BRCA2-mutated (BRCAm) and BRCAm/ATM populations. Results: The ITC HR for rPFS was 0.36 (95% confidence interval 0.20–0.64) in BRCAm and 0.51 (0.31–0.84) for the BRCAm/ATM population. Without adjustment for switching in PROfound, the ITC HRs for OS in the BRCAm population and BRCAm/ATM population were 0.99 (0.55–1.78) and 0.88 (0.52–1.47), respectively; after switch adjustment, the OS HRs were 0.47 (0.12–1.79) and 0.44 (0.17–1.10), respectively. Conclusions: The ITC results suggest that olaparib is associated with significantly improved rPFS versus cabazitaxel in the treatment of BRCAm and BRCAm/ATM patients who have progressed on taxane and NHA therapy. After removing the effect of switching from NHA to olaparib in PROfound, olaparib appears associated with a non-significant OS improvement versus cabazitaxel in both populations. The results require confirmation in comparative studies. Analysis limitations include uncertainty over the efficacy of cabazitaxel versus NHA in HRRm mCRPC patients, and heterogeneity in prior taxane and NHA therapy. Clinical trial information: NCT02987543

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2021 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Genitourinary Cancer—Prostate, Testicular, and Penile

Track

Genitourinary Cancer—Prostate, Testicular, and Penile

Sub Track

Prostate Cancer– Advanced/Castrate-Resistant

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT02987543

Citation

J Clin Oncol 39, 2021 (suppl 15; abstr 5051)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2021.39.15_suppl.5051

Abstract #

5051

Poster Bd #

Online Only

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