Olaparib is a selective and potent inhibitor of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) enzymes, PARP1 and PARP2. PARP inhibitors represent a novel class of anti-cancer therapy and they work by taking advantage of a defect in DNA repair in cancer cells with BRCA mutations and inducing cell death.
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Ovarian cancer
Olaparib is indicated for the maintenance treatment of adults with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline or somatic BRCA-mutated advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer who are in complete or partial response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Basking Ridge, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester, Harrison, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny, France
Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux, France
Institut Paoli Calmettes, Marseille, France
Research Site, Sutton, United Kingdom
Research Site, Sutton, United Kingdom
Research Site, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Research Site, Westcliff-on-Sea, United Kingdom
Research Site, Taoyuan, Taiwan
St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Research Site, Manchester, United Kingdom
Research Site, Sapporo-shi, Japan
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