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Rucaparib: a novel PARP inhibitor for BRCA advanced ovarian cancer

Overview of attention for article published in Drug Design, Development and Therapy, March 2018
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Title
Rucaparib: a novel PARP inhibitor for BRCA advanced ovarian cancer
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Drug Design, Development and Therapy, March 2018
DOI 10.2147/dddt.s130809
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Ilaria Colombo, Stephanie Lheureux, Amit Manulal Oza

Abstract

Rucaparib is a potent small-molecule inhibitor of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) proteins (PARP-1, PARP-2 and PARP-3) that play an important role in repairing DNA damage and maintaining genomic stability. Tumors with mutations inBRCA1/2or other homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) genes are particularly sensitive to PARP inhibitors because of "synthetic lethality", whereby a therapeutic agent can take advantage of an intrinsic weakness in DNA repair. Rucaparib has been investigated in several preclinical and clinical studies showing promising activity inBRCA-mutant andBRCA-wild-type epithelial ovarian cancers (EOCs). Dose-escalation Phase I studies have established the recommended Phase II dose to be 600 mg twice a day for oral rucaparib. Phase II and III studies have defined its role as treatment forBRCA-mutant recurrent high-grade EOC and as maintenance treatment for platinum-sensitive relapsed EOC following response to platinum-based chemotherapy. Genomic loss of heterozygosity has also been investigated as a potential signature of HRD and as a potential predictive biomarker of response. Treatment-induced adverse events (AEs) have been observed in almost all patients treated with rucaparib, but mainly lower grade; with the most common being nausea, vomiting, asthenia/fatigue, anemia and transient transaminitis. The majority of AEs occurred early in treatment, were transient and have been easily managed with supportive treatment, dose interruption or discontinuation. This review will analyze the results of clinical trials investigating efficacy and safety of rucaparib in patients with ovarian cancer.

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Unknown 47 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 6 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 11%
Student > Master 4 9%
Student > Bachelor 4 9%
Other 3 6%
Other 8 17%
Unknown 17 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 9 19%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 4%
Other 6 13%
Unknown 17 36%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 April 2018.
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#17,362,412
of 25,478,886 outputs
Outputs from Drug Design, Development and Therapy
#1,108
of 2,272 outputs
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#223,329
of 345,091 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Drug Design, Development and Therapy
#22
of 48 outputs
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