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Title:

Maintenance Olaparib for Germline BRCA-Mutated Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer.

Document type:
Clinical Trial, Phase III; Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Author(s):
Golan, Talia; Hammel, Pascal; Reni, Michele; Van Cutsem, Eric; Macarulla, Teresa; Hall, Michael J; Park, Joon-Oh; Hochhauser, Daniel; Arnold, Dirk; Oh, Do-Youn; Reinacher-Schick, Anke; Tortora, Giampaolo; Algül, Hana; O'Reilly, Eileen M; McGuinness, David; Cui, Karen Y; Schlienger, Katia; Locker, Gershon Y; Kindler, Hedy L
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Patients with a germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation make up a small subgroup of those with metastatic pancreatic cancer. The poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor olaparib has had antitumor activity in this population. METHODS: We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial to evaluate the efficacy of olaparib as maintenance therapy in patients who had a germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation and metastatic pancreatic cancer and disease tha...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
N Engl J Med
Year:
2019
Journal volume:
381
Journal issue:
4
Pages contribution:
317-327
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1903387
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31157963
Print-ISSN:
0028-4793
TUM Institution:
Lehrstuhl für Tumormetabolismus (Prof. Algül)
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