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ArticleTherapeutic advances in medical oncology2021

Population-adjusted indirect treatment comparison of maintenance PARP inhibitor with or without bevacizumab

Robert Hettle, Charles McCrea, Chee Khoon Lee, Richard Davidson

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Robert HettleHealth Economics and Payer Evidence, AstraZeneca, Academy House, 136 Hills Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 8PA, UK.
Charles McCreaHealth Economics and Payer Evidence, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK.
Chee Khoon LeeCancer Care Centre, St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Richard DavidsonGlobal Medical Affairs, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK.

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Abstract

backgroundIn patients with newly diagnosed ovarian cancer, bevacizumab and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors, alone or in combination, have shown benefit as maintenance treatment following platinum-based chemotherapy. However, no trials have compared a PARP inhibitor plus bevacizumab

methodsAnalyses were performed using aggregate data from the PRIMA trial and patient-level data from a subset of patients from the PAOLA-1 trial that met surgery and staging eligibility criteria of PRIMA. Propensity weights were used to match baseline characteristics of the PAOLA-1 subset to those of the PRIMA population. Analysis was performed in overall (biomarker-unselected) and homologous recombination repair deficiency (HRD)-positive populations.

resultsA total of 595/806 (266/387 HRD-positive) PAOLA-1 patients were included. After matching, the effective sample size for PAOLA-1 was 532 (242 HRD-positive). Maintenance olaparib plus bevacizumab reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 43% [hazard ratio (HR) 0.57; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.47-0.69]

conclusionsIn biomarker-unselected and HRD-positive patients, combination treatment with olaparib plus bevacizumab as maintenance treatment improves PFS for women with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer compared with either bevacizumab or niraparib alone. Results are hypothesis generating and could guide randomised trial design.

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bevacizumabhomologous recombination deficiencyindirect treatment comparisonniraparibolaparibovarian cancer

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PMCPMC8488507

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