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ArticleJTO clinical and research reports2021

Phase 2 Study of Olaparib in Malignant Mesothelioma and Correlation of Efficacy With Germline or Somatic Mutations in

Azam Ghafoor, Idrees Mian, Cathy Wagner, Yvonne Mallory, Maria Garcia Agra, Betsy Morrow, Jun S Wei, Javed Khan, Anish Thomas, Manjistha Sengupta and 2 more

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Article in JTO clinical and research reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Moving Beyond Morphology: Toward a Morpho-Molecular Classification of Pleural Mesothelioma.Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer · 2026
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  16. An overview of BAP1 biological functions and current therapeutics.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Reviews on cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Azam GhafoorThoracic and GI Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Idrees MianThoracic and GI Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Cathy WagnerThoracic and GI Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Yvonne MalloryThoracic and GI Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Maria Garcia AgraThoracic and GI Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Betsy MorrowThoracic and GI Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Jun S WeiGenetics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Javed KhanGenetics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Anish ThomasDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch, Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Manjistha SenguptaThoracic and GI Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Seth M SteinbergBiostatistics and Data Management Section, Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Raffit HassanThoracic and GI Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
National Cancer Institute · USNational Institutes of Health · USCenter for Cancer Research · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPARP inhibition may enhance antitumor responses in

methodsA single-center, nonrandomized, phase 2 trial was conducted, in which patients with refractory mesothelioma were given olaparib 300 mg twice daily in a 21-day cycle until disease progression or intolerable toxicity. The primary objective was to determine the objective response rate on the basis of somatic or germline mutation status of DNA repair genes. The secondary objectives were to assess safety and tolerability and to determine progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Whole-exome sequencing was performed on blood and tumor.

resultsA total of 23 previously treated patients with pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma were enrolled and treated (germline

conclusionsOlaparib has limited activity in previously treated mesothelioma including patients with

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BAP1MesotheliomaMRE11AOlaparibPARPI

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PMID34661178
PMCPMC8502774
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