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AstraZeneca and MSD Report Results of Lynparza in P-III PROfound Study for BRCA1/2 or ATM-Mutated Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

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AstraZeneca and MSD Report Results of Lynparza in P-III PROfound Study for BRCA1/2 or ATM-Mutated Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

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  • The P-III PROfound study involves assessing of Lynparza vs enzalutamide or abiraterone in patients with mCRPC- progressed on prior treatment with NHA treatments (abiraterone or enzalutamide) along with tumor mutation in BRCA1/2- ATM or one of 12 other genes involved in the HRR pathway
  • The P-III PROfound study demonstrated improvement in OS and is already met its 1EPs i.e. improvement in rPFS in men with mutations in BRCA1/2 or ATM genes in Aug’2019 and a 2EPs of rPFS in the overall HRRm population  
  • Lynparza is a first-in-class PARP inhibitor acts by targeting DDR in cells/tumors harboring a deficiency in HRR (BRCA1& 2 mutation) and has received the US FDA’s PR designation for patients with HRRm mCRPC in Jan’20. Additionally- the companies are working on ongoing P-III PROpel trial with its expected results in 2021

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