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ReviewDrugs in R&D2020

Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors: Talazoparib in Ovarian Cancer and Beyond.

Stergios Boussios, Charlotte Abson, Michele Moschetta, Elie Rassy, Afroditi Karathanasi, Tahir Bhat, Faisal Ghumman, Matin Sheriff, Nicholas Pavlidis

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Review in Drugs in R&D, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
78citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

78 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 137 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Stergios BoussiosMedway NHS Foundation Trust, Windmill Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5NY, UK. stergiosboussios@gmail.com.
Charlotte AbsonKent Oncology Centre, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Hermitage Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 9QQ, UK.
Michele MoschettaCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hills Rd, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK.
Elie RassyDepartment of Cancer Medicine, Gustave Roussy Institut, Villejuif, France.
Afroditi KarathanasiMedway NHS Foundation Trust, Windmill Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5NY, UK.
Tahir BhatMedway NHS Foundation Trust, Windmill Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5NY, UK.
Faisal GhummanMedway NHS Foundation Trust, Windmill Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5NY, UK.
Matin SheriffMedway NHS Foundation Trust, Windmill Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5NY, UK.
Nicholas PavlidisMedical School, University of Ioannina, Stavros Niarchou Avenue, 45110, Ioannina, Greece.
Medway NHS Foundation Trust · GBCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GBInstitut Gustave Roussy · FRMaidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · GBUniversity of Ioannina · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic complexity and DNA damage repair defects are common in different cancer types and can induce tumor-specific vulnerabilities. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors exploit defects in the DNA repair pathway through synthetic lethality and have emerged as promising anticancer therapies, especially in tumors harboring deleterious germline or somatic breast cancer susceptibility gene (BRCA) mutations. However, the utility of PARP inhibitors could be expanded beyond germline BRCA1/2 mutated cancers by causing DNA damage with cytotoxic agents in the presence of a DNA repair inhibitor. US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved PARP inhibitors include olaparib, rucaparib, and niraparib, while veliparib is in the late stage of clinical development. Talazoparib inhibits PARP catalytic activity, trapping PARP1/2 on damaged DNA, and it has been approved by the US FDA for the treatment of metastatic germline BRCA1/2 mutated breast cancers in October 2018. The talazoparib side effect profile more closely resembles traditional chemotherapeutics rather than other clinically approved PARP inhibitors. In this review, we discuss the scientific evidence that has emerged from both experimental and clinical studies in the development of talazoparib. Future directions will include optimizing combination therapy with chemotherapy, immunotherapies and targeted therapies, and in developing and validating biomarkers for patient selection and stratification, particularly in malignancies with 'BRCAness'.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsBreast NeoplasmsFemaleHumansOvarian NeoplasmsPhthalazinesPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorsPoly(ADP-ribose) PolymerasesAntineoplastic AgentsPhthalazinesPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorsPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerasestalazoparib

Identifiers

PMID32215876
PMCPMC7221042
OpenAlexW3013350468

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