PARP inhibitors, rucaparib (Rubraca) and olaparib (Lynparza) receive FDA approval for metastatic prostate cancer

Questions To Ask Your Health Care Provider

• Am I eligible for treatment with a PARP inhibitor?
• Given my personal or family history, should I have genetic testing for an inherited mutation
• Should I have tumor biomarker testing?
• What are the risk and benefits of taking a PARP inhibitor?
• Will my insurance cover treatment with a PARP inhibitor?
• How much will my treatment cost? 

Open Clinical Trials

The following studies look at PARP inhibitors and similar agents for treating people with advanced prostate cancer: 

• NCT05932862: Study of a New InvestigationaI Inhibitor to Treat People with Advanced Solid Tumors. The study examines the safety and effectiveness of the investigational treatment XL309 when used alone or in combination with a PARP inhibitor to treat people with some advanced solid tumors, including prostate cancer. 
• NCT05005728: XmAb®20717 Alone or in Combination With Chemotherapy or Targeted Therapy in Patients With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer. This study looks at the safety and clinical activity of the drug XmAb20717 alone or in combination with standard-of-care anticancer therapies in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have been treated with at least 2 prior lines of treatment.
• NCT05417594: Study of the PARP inhibitor AZD9574 Alone and Combined with Other Cancer Medicines to Treat People with Advanced Solid Cancers (CERTIS1 Study). This study looks at a new PARP inhibitor AZD9574 given alone and in combination with other anti-cancer drugs for people with advanced cancer that has come back or progressed. 

Other clinical trials for people with prostate cancer can be found here.

The following studies look at treatment for people with advanced solid tumors. 

• NCT05252390: NUV-868 Alone and in Combination With PARP Inhibitors in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors.This study tests the safety and effectiveness of the experimental drug NUV-868 alone and combined with a PARP inhibitor in people with advanced solid tumors. This study is open to people whose cancer stopped responding or progressed on PARP inhibitors.
• NCT02264678: Ascending Doses of Ceralasertib in Combination With Chemotherapy and/or Novel Anti Cancer Agents. This is a study of orally administered ceralasertib combined with chemotherapy regimens and/or novel anticancer agents for patients with advanced cancer. The study enrolls people with tumors that are HRD-positive or who have inherited mutations in BRCA1, BRCA2, ATM, RAD51C or RAD51D.  
• NCT04644068: Study of AZD5305 as Monotherapy and in Combination With Anti-cancer Agents in Patients With Advanced Solid Malignancies (PETRA). This research is designed to learn whether treatment with a new PARP inhibitor, AZD5305, used alone or in combination with anti-cancer agents is safe, tolerable and has anti-cancer activity in patients with advanced solid tumors. The study is open to people who have previously been treated with PARP inhibitors.  
• NCT04267939: ATR Inhibitor Plus Niraparib Study in Advanced Solid Tumors and Ovarian Cancer. This study looks at how well people with advanced solid tumors respond to treatment with the targeted therapy BAY1895344 in combination with the PARP inhibitor niraparib. This study is open to people with inherited mutations in ATM, BRCA1, BRCA2 and other genes. Contact the study coordinator for information about eligibility for people with mutations in other genes. 
• NCT04657068: Treatment with ATR Inhibitor for Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors. This study looks at how well a new oral targeted therapy known as an ATR inhibitor works on advanced or metastatic solid tumors with mutations in genes that are linked to DNA damage repair. This study is open to people who have an inherited or acquired BRCA or ATM mutation or whose tumors are HRD-positive. This study is open to people whose cancer stopped responding or progressed on PARP inhibitors.