Highlights
- •Olaparib combined with eribulin showed efficacy in patients previously treated with anthracycline and taxanes.
- •In pharmacokinetics, no drug interaction between eribulin and olaparib was observed.
- •Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition was observed from the lowest dose of olaparib.
Abstract
Background
We conducted a multicenter phase I/II trial of olaparib plus eribulin in Japanese
patients with advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) to determine
the recommended phase II dose (RP2D) (phase I) and to examine the efficacy and safety
(phase II) (UMIN00009498) of the combined therapy.
Patients and methods
In phase I, olaparib tablet was orally administered twice daily from level 1:25 mg
BID to level 7:300 mg BID, with 1.4 mg/m2 of eribulin on days 1 and 8. In phase II, patients were treated with RP2D to assess
the response rate (independent review). The planned sample size was 24 with a threshold
of 10%.
Results
One of the 24 patients enrolled in phase I experienced dose-limiting toxicity. The
RP2D was established as 300 mg twice daily for olaparib and 1.4 mg/m2 for eribulin. Among the 24 patients in phase II, the median number of administered
courses was 5.5 (range: 1–28). Grade ≥III adverse events included neutropenia (83.3%),
leucopenia (83.3%), anaemia (41.7%), febrile neutropenia (33.3%) and thrombosis (8.3%).
The response rate was 29.2% (independent; N = 7/24; 90% confidence interval [CI];
14.6–47.9). Median progression-free survival and overall survival were 4.2 (95% CI,
3.0–7.4) and 14.5 (95% CI, 4.8–22.0) months, respectively. Germline BRCA1/2 mutation status was observed in three patients in phase I and 2 patients in phase
II, respectively. The Cmax and area under the curve for olaparib increased in a dose-dependent manner, and these
parameters for eribulin and olaparib were not influenced by each other.
Conclusions
Combination therapy of olaparib with eribulin shows antitumour activity against advanced
or metastatic TNBC, but caution must be exercised in the presence of febrile neutropenia.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: January 28, 2019
Accepted:
November 10,
2018
Received in revised form:
November 9,
2018
Received:
August 22,
2018
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