Study of Lu-177-DOTATATE (Lutathera) in Combination With PARP Inhibitors in Inoperable/Metastatic Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (GEP-NET)

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PARP inhibitor with PRRT clinical trials update.  

1. NIH Trial Summary

A phase I/II clinical trial at the NIH Clinical Center evaluates the effectiveness of a combination of two agents that may work in complementary ways to target inoperable or metastatic neuroendocrine tumoors. One agent, lutathera, emits radiation inside the body, causing DNA damage, and the second agent, olaparib, a PARP inhibitor, blocks the repair of DNA breaks.  The trial commences in Oct 2022 running for approximately 2 years 9 months. 

What is Lutathera?

It’s a type of Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT) and has been in use for some years as a standard of care (mostly second line).  Read more click here.

What is Olaparib and what does it do in conjunction with Lutathera?

Olaparib (AZD-2281, trade name Lynparza) is an FDA-approved targeted therapy for cancer, developed by KuDOS Pharmaceuticals and later by AstraZeneca. It is a PARP inhibitor, inhibiting poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP), an enzyme involved in DNA repair.

Once injected, Lutathera circulates throughout the body and targets the radiation specifically to these neuroendocrine tumour cells, including tumours that might not even be visible on CT scans and other imaging. This focused radiation kills tumour cells by damaging their DNA, and Olaparib is expected to further its effectiveness by preventing the tumour cells from repairing their DNA, i.e. inhibition of PARP results in an antineoplastic effect.

2. Australian Trial Summary

This phase 1, single arm, single centre study at PeterMac Melbourne is designed to evaluate the safety and tolerability of talazoparib in combination with 177Lu-DOTA-Octreotate in patients with metastatic NET (PARLuNET (protocol number 20/163)).  It is hoped that of a combination of two agents that may work in complementary ways to target inoperable or metastatic neuroendocrine tumours. One agent, lutathera, emits radiation inside the body, causing DNA damage, and the second agent, talazoparib, a PARP inhibitor, blocks the repair of DNA breaks.  The trial commences December 2021 and runs for approximately 4 years. 

What is Lutathera?

It’s a type of Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT) and has been in use for some years as a standard of care (mostly second line).  Read more click here.

What is Talazoparib and what does it do in conjunction with Lutathera?

Talazoparib is a poly-ADP ribose polymerase inhibitor used to treat HER2-, BRCA mutated locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer. (BNM-673, trade name Talzenna) is approved by FDA/UK NHS and many other countries as a targeted therapy for certain cancers, developed by Pfizer. It is a PARP inhibitor, inhibiting poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP), an enzyme involved in DNA repair.

Once injected, Lutathera circulates throughout the body and targets the radiation specifically to these neuroendocrine tumour cells, including tumours that might not even be visible on CT scans and other imaging. This focused radiation kills tumour cells by damaging their DNA, and PARP inhibitor is expected to further its effectiveness by preventing the tumour cells from repairing their DNA, i.e. inhibition of PARP results in an antineoplastic effect.

Why are these trials important? 

The first thing that struck me was the term inoperable in one of the trial names.  This gives an additional option for those with inoperable tumours (including metastases).  While it is already an option for inoperable patients, the added punch of a PARP inhibitor gives them a better chance of reducing tumour cells. 

Secondly, if PARP is seen to improve the efficiency of PRRT generally, that is of benefit to all those prescribed this therapy, regardless of inoperable status. 

Read more here

1.  NIH ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:  NCT04086485
2. NCI Summary for the NIH trial:  Read here (with apologies for old nomenclature, disappointing really in my opinion)
3. Australian ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05053854
4. Article discussion the Australian trial:  Read here

General Clinical Trials Disclaimer

Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided in the clinical trials document. It’s very important to check the trial inclusion and exclusion criteria before making any contact.  If you need questions, the articles here is very useful Questions to Ask About Clinical Trials | Cancer.Net

The inclusion of any trial within this blog should not be taken as a recommendation by Ronny Allan. 

 
 

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Finally

Whenever I post about a trial or study, some people get excited without understanding that these new treatments and capabilities can very often take years to come to fruition and it’s also possible that clinical trials can be halted, or that national approval agencies will not approve the final product.  Plus, not everyone will be eligible, so always check the exclusion and inclusion criteria in the relevant clinical trials document  Please bear that in mind when reading studies/clinical trials posted on RonnyAllan.NET

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