Regulatory approval

Published by the European Medicines Agency.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has authorized olaparib as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and BRCA1/2-mutations (germline and/or somatic) who have progressed following prior therapy that included a new hormonal agent.

This is written in the approval document as:

Lynparza is indicated as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and BRCA1/2-mutations (germline and/or somatic) who have progressed following prior therapy that included a new hormonal agent.

Citation

AstraZeneca AB. Lynparza (olaparib) [product information]. European Medicines Agency website. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/product-information/lynparza-epar-product-information_en.pdf. Revised August 2024. Accessed August 25, 2024.

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Type	Biomarker(s)	Cancer type	Therapy(ies)
Sensitivity (+)	BRCA1 oncogenic variants	Prostate Adenocarcinoma	Olaparib
Sensitivity (+)	BRCA2 oncogenic variants	Prostate Adenocarcinoma	Olaparib
Sensitivity (+)	BRCA1 pathogenic variants	Prostate Adenocarcinoma	Olaparib
Sensitivity (+)	BRCA2 pathogenic variants	Prostate Adenocarcinoma	Olaparib