Testing Olaparib in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic (Cancer That Has Spread) Bladder Cancer and Other Genitourinary Tumors With DNA-Repair Genetic Changes

A Phase II Study of Olaparib (AZD2281) in Patients With Metastatic/Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma and Other Genitourinary Tumors With DNA-Repair Defects

This phase II trial studies how well olaparib works in treating patients with bladder cancer and other genitourinary tumors with deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-repair defects that has spread to other places in the body (advanced or metastatic) and usually cannot be cured or controlled with treatment. PARPs are proteins that help repair DNA mutations. PARP inhibitors, such as olaparib, can keep PARP from working, so tumor cells can't repair themselves, and they may stop growing.

Study Overview

• Status: Suspended
• Conditions: Stage III Bladder Cancer AJCC v8; Stage IV Bladder Cancer AJCC v8; Metastatic Bladder Carcinoma; Advanced Bladder Carcinoma; Advanced Genitourinary System Carcinoma; Metastatic Genitourinary System Carcinoma
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Drug: Olaparib; Procedure: Positron Emission Tomography; Procedure: Biospecimen Collection; Procedure: Bone Marrow Biopsy; Procedure: Bone Scan; Procedure: Computed Tomography; Procedure: Biopsy Procedure

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To evaluate the efficacy of olaparib in two cohorts of patients with metastatic/advanced non prostate genitourinary (GU) cancer pre-selected by DNA-repair defects as measured by overall response rate (ORR).

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To describe the effect of therapy on progression free survival (PFS). II. To describe the effect of therapy on overall survival (OS). III. To describe the safety/tolerability and drug-related toxicities of olaparib.

IV. To follow patients without the pre-selected DNA-repair defects for survival. (Cohort 3 only)

CORRELATIVE OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the proportion of patients with DNA-repair pathway-mutated genes in metastatic non-prostate GU cancer (patient cohort referred for screening).

II. To correlate levels of baseline circulating tumor cells (CTCs) with survival in untreated patients.

III. To explore tumor-mutational profiles in metastatic tumor biopsies, saliva "normal" DNA, changes in tumor or peripheral immune characteristics, or tumor associated somatic mutation load in blood DNA in response to treatment.

IV. To explore changes in plasma cytokines and correlate with clinical response.

V. To correlate levels of circulating endothelial cells with clinical outcome. VI. To correlate levels of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) with clinical outcome.

VII. To correlate peripheral immune and DNA damage response transcriptional signatures with clinical outcomes.

VIII. To determine the effectiveness of using next-generation sequencing (NGS) to identify DNA-repair pathway gene defects in tumor samples and circulating DNA and identify patients with non-prostate GU cancer suitable for PARP inhibition.

IX. To determine the expression of Schlafen 11 (SLFN11) in tumor versus (vs.) stroma cells, and the potential tumor heterogeneity based on SLFN11 expression.

X. To determine if the levels of hyaluron (HA) detected in circulating plasma correlates with outcomes in patients treated with olaparib.

XI. To determine if the levels of HGF and MET detected in circulating plasma correlates with outcomes in patients with olaparib.

OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 3 cohorts.

COHORT I and II: Patients that have cancer-associated DNA-repair gene mutations receive olaparib orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-28 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, patients undergo blood sample collection, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET)/CT, or bone scan and optional tumor biopsy and bone marrow biopsy on study.

COHORT III: Patients that do not have cancer-associated DNA-repair gene mutations undergo blood sample collection at baseline. Additionally, patients undergo CT, MRI, PET/CT, or bone scan and optional tumor biopsy and bone marrow biopsy on study.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 4 weeks, every 2 months for 1 year, then every 3 months thereafter.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 60
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • Encinitas, California, United States, 92024
      • UC San Diego Health System - Encinitas
    • Irvine, California, United States, 92612
      • UCI Health - Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care
    • La Jolla, California, United States, 92093
      • UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
    • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
      • USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
      • Los Angeles General Medical Center
    • Newport Beach, California, United States, 92663
      • USC Norris Oncology/Hematology-Newport Beach
    • Orange, California, United States, 92868
      • UC Irvine Health/Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Sacramento, California, United States, 95817
      • University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • San Diego, California, United States, 92103
      • UC San Diego Medical Center - Hillcrest
  • Colorado
    • Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045
      • UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital
  • Kentucky
    • Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40536
      • University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center
  • Maryland
    • Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
      • NCI - Center for Cancer Research
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States, 10065
      • NYP/Weill Cornell Medical Center
    • New York, New York, United States, 10016
      • Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone
  • Oklahoma
    • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104
      • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
  • Texas
    • Galveston, Texas, United States, 77555-0565
      • University of Texas Medical Branch
  • Utah
    • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84112
      • Huntsman Cancer Institute/University of Utah

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients must have a histologically confirmed diagnosis non-prostate GU cancer

• Patients with the presence of cancer-associated genetic mutations in one or more pathogenic or likely pathogenic gene alterations tested in the FoundationOne FoundationOne®CDx (F1CDx) panel will be enrolled in cohorts 1 or 2 as follows:

  • Cohort 1: BRCA1, BRCA2, ATM, BAP1, PALB2, and BRIP1, or tumor mutational burden (TMB) where 10 or greater mutations/megabase
  • ABL1, FANCE, POLD1, ATR, FANCG, POLE, ATRX, FANCL, RAD51, BARD1, IKBKE, SMARCB1, BRD4, MEN1, STK11, CCND1, MLH1, TP53, CHEK1, MSH2, CHEK2, MSH6, DOT1L, MUTYH, FANCA, NPM1, FANCC, PMS2
• Patients with benign or variants of unknown significance as determined by FoundationOne FoundationOne®CDx (F1CDx) panel and Genetics Review Panel review will be enrolled in Cohort 3 to be followed for survival
• Foundation One mutation analysis results performed prior to enrollment on this study may be accepted for eligibility review and in the event that a patient cannot undergo a biopsy and tumor is not available, Foundation Medicine liquid biopsy may be performed
• Patients must have measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded for non-nodal lesions and short axis for nodal lesions) as >= 20 mm (>= 2 cm) by chest x-ray or as >= 10 mm (>= 1 cm) with CT scan, MRI, or calipers by clinical exam
• Evidence of disease progression as defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) (version 1.1) during treatment or after the most recent dose of therapy with at least one platinum-based regimen of chemotherapy and/or an immune-checkpoint inhibitor (atezolizumab, pembrolizumab, nivolumab, avelumab or durvalumab) (2-week washout from chemotherapy and 4-weeks washout from monoclonal antibodies is required)
• Age >= 18 years. Because no dosing or adverse event data are currently available on the use of olaparib in patients < 18 years of age, children are excluded from this study, but will be eligible for future pediatric trials
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 1 (or Karnofsky >= 70%)
• Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL
• Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
• Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
• Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (for subjects with documented Gilbert's disease total bilirubin =< 3.0 mg/dL)
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (for subjects with liver metastasis AST/ALT =< 5 x ULN)
• Creatinine clearance >= 50 mL/min/1.73 m^2
• Hemoglobin >= 9 g/dL; transfusions are allowed
• Prothrombin time (PT)/international normalized ratio (INR) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) within 1.25 x ULN institutional limits, except where a lupus anti-coagulant has been confirmed or the patient is on direct oral anticoagulant (DOA)
• Patients must be able to tolerate oral medications and not have gastrointestinal illnesses that would preclude absorption of olaparib

• Pre-clinical data indicate that olaparib adversely affects embryofetal survival and development. Therefore, women of child-bearing potential and their partners should agree to use two (2) highly effective forms of contraception throughout study participation and for at least six (6) months after the last dose of olaparib. Male study participants should avoid fathering a child or donating sperm during the study and for three (3) months after the last dose of olaparib.

  • Note: Olaparib is a PARP inhibitor with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Because there is a potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with olaparib, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with olaparib
• Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document or patients with impaired decision making capacity (IDMC) if they are represented by a legally authorized representative (LAR)
• Patients must provide archival tumor sample for mutation analysis or be willing to undergo mandatory screening biopsy. In the event that the patient cannot undergo biopsy and tumor is not available, Foundation Medicine liquid biopsy will be performed

• Postmenopausal or evidence of non-childbearing status for women of childbearing potential: negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 28 days of study treatment at screening. Note: This will also need to be confirmed within 3 days prior to treatment on day 1. Postmenopausal is defined as at least one (1) of the following:

  • Amenorrheic for 1 year or more following cessation of exogenous hormonal treatments
  • Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) levels in the post menopausal range for women under 50
  • Radiation-induced oophorectomy with last menses > 1 year ago
  • Chemotherapy-induced menopause with > 1 year interval since last menses
  • Surgical sterilization (bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy)
• Patients is willing and able to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study including undergoing treatment and scheduled visits and examinations

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who have had prior treatment with olaparib or any other PARP inhibitor (PARPi)
• Patients with myelodysplastic syndrome/acute myeloid leukemia; or baseline features suggestive of myelodysplastic syndrome or acute myelogenous leukemia on peripheral blood smear or bone marrow biopsy, if clinically indicated
• Persistent toxicities (>= Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events [CTCAE] grade 2) with the exception of alopecia or peripheral neuropathy, caused by previous cancer therapy
• Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents. Patients may be on other clinical trials or treatment during screening to determine eligibility
• Patients with known brain metastases should be excluded from this clinical trial because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse events. A scan to confirm the absence of brain metastases is not required. Patients with spinal cord compression unless considered to have received definitive treatment for this and evidence of clinically stable disease for 28 days
• History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition of olaparib

• Patients receiving strong or moderate CYP3A inhibitors or inducers are ineligible. A washout period prior to the first dose of olaparib for patients on CYP3A inhibitors/inducers is 5 half-lives or 3 weeks , whichever is shorter. Medications with limited systemic absorption (e.g., ophthalmic, otic) do not require a washout and are permitted.

  • Because the lists of these agents are constantly changing, it is important to regularly consult a frequently-updated medical reference texts such as the Physicians' Desk Reference. As part of the enrollment/informed consent procedures, the patient will be counseled on the risk of interactions with other agents, and what to do if new medications need to be prescribed or if the patient is considering a new over-the-counter medicine or herbal product
• Pregnant women are excluded from this study because olaparib is a PARP inhibitor agent with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects
• Any chronic or concurrent acute liver disease
• History of stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), or myocardial infarction, within 6 months prior to enrollment

• Uncontrolled concurrent disease or illness including but not limited to:

  • Ongoing or active infection
  • Symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, clinically significant cardiac arrhythmia
  • Unstable or untreated cardiac conditions or ejection fraction of < 50% as determined by echocardiogram (ECHO) or multiple gated acquisition scan (MUGA)
  • Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
  • Psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
• Other severe, acute, or chronic medical or psychiatric condition or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk associated with study participation or study drug administration or that may interfere with the interpretation of study results and, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for the study
• Immunocompromised patients, e.g., those with known HIV not on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) with detectable levels of virus
• Patients with known active hepatitis (i.e., hepatitis B or C)
• Other malignancy within the last two (2) years except: adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, curatively treated in situ cancer of the cervix, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), stage 1, grade 1 endometrial carcinoma, or other solid tumors including lymphomas (without bone marrow involvement) curatively treated with no evidence of disease for >= 5 years. Patients with a history of localized triple negative breast cancer or localized resected prostate cancer may be eligible, provided they completed their adjuvant chemotherapy more than two (2) years prior to registration, and that the patient remains free of recurrent or metastatic disease
• Patients receiving any systemic chemotherapy or radiotherapy (except for palliative reasons) within 2 weeks prior to study treatment
• Major surgery within 2 weeks of starting study treatment and patients must have recovered from any effects of any major surgery
• Previous allogenic bone marrow transplant or double umbilical cord blood transplantation (dUCBT)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Cohort I (olaparib); Patients that have cancer-associated DNA-repair gene mutations receive olaparib PO BID on days 1-28 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, patients undergo blood sample collection, CT, MRI, PET/CT, or bone scan and optional tumor biopsy and bone marrow biopsy on study.	Procedure: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Undergo MRI; Other Names: MRI; Magnetic Resonance; Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan; Medical Imaging, Magnetic Resonance / Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; MR; MR Imaging; MRI Scan; NMR Imaging; NMRI; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); sMRI; Magnetic resonance imaging (procedure); MRIs; Structural MRI; Drug: Olaparib; Given PO; Other Names: Lynparza; AZD 2281; AZD-2281; AZD2281; KU-0059436; PARP Inhibitor AZD2281; KU0059436; Olanib; Olaparix; KU 0059436; Procedure: Positron Emission Tomography; Undergo PET/CT; Other Names: Medical Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography; PET; PET Scan; Positron Emission Tomography Scan; Positron-Emission Tomography; PT; Positron emission tomography (procedure); Procedure: Biospecimen Collection; Undergo blood collection; Other Names: Biological Sample Collection; Biospecimen Collected; Specimen Collection; Sample Collection; Procedure: Bone Marrow Biopsy; Undergo bone marrow biopsy; Other Names: Biopsy of Bone Marrow; Biopsy, Bone Marrow; Procedure: Bone Scan; Undergo bone scan; Other Names: Bone Scintigraphy; Procedure: Computed Tomography; Undergo CT or PET/CT; Other Names: CT; CAT; CAT Scan; Computed Axial Tomography; Computerized Axial Tomography; Computerized Tomography; CT Scan; tomography; Computerized axial tomography (procedure); Computerized Tomography (CT) scan; Diagnostic CAT Scan; Diagnostic CAT Scan Service Type; Procedure: Biopsy Procedure; Undergo tumor biopsy; Other Names: Bx; BIOPSY_TYPE; Biopsy
Experimental: Cohort II (biospecimen collection); Patients that do not have cancer-associated DNA-repair gene mutations undergo blood sample collection at baseline. Additionally, patients undergo CT, MRI, PET/CT, or bone scan and optional tumor biopsy and bone marrow biopsy on study.	Procedure: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Undergo MRI; Other Names: MRI; Magnetic Resonance; Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan; Medical Imaging, Magnetic Resonance / Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; MR; MR Imaging; MRI Scan; NMR Imaging; NMRI; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); sMRI; Magnetic resonance imaging (procedure); MRIs; Structural MRI; Procedure: Positron Emission Tomography; Undergo PET/CT; Other Names: Medical Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography; PET; PET Scan; Positron Emission Tomography Scan; Positron-Emission Tomography; PT; Positron emission tomography (procedure); Procedure: Biospecimen Collection; Undergo blood collection; Other Names: Biological Sample Collection; Biospecimen Collected; Specimen Collection; Sample Collection; Procedure: Bone Marrow Biopsy; Undergo bone marrow biopsy; Other Names: Biopsy of Bone Marrow; Biopsy, Bone Marrow; Procedure: Bone Scan; Undergo bone scan; Other Names: Bone Scintigraphy; Procedure: Computed Tomography; Undergo CT or PET/CT; Other Names: CT; CAT; CAT Scan; Computed Axial Tomography; Computerized Axial Tomography; Computerized Tomography; CT Scan; tomography; Computerized axial tomography (procedure); Computerized Tomography (CT) scan; Diagnostic CAT Scan; Diagnostic CAT Scan Service Type; Procedure: Biopsy Procedure; Undergo tumor biopsy; Other Names: Bx; BIOPSY_TYPE; Biopsy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall response rate (ORR)	Will be evaluated by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST). ORR will be reported along with 95% exact confidence intervals.	Up to 5 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Progression free survival (PFS)	PFS will be determined using a Kaplan-Meier curve, with probabilities at various time points indicated along with appropriate confidence intervals.	From the date of olaparib initiation to investigator-assessed clinical progression or radiographic progression (by RECIST), or death from any cause, whichever occurs first, assessed up to 5 years
Incidence of adverse events	Will be assessed according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0.	Up to 5 years
Individual deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-repair defects	The association between individual DNA-repair defects and ORR will be determined using Fisher's exact test.	Up to 5 years
Overall survival (OS)	OS will be calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method, starting at the date that the participant was first considered to be included in that set of participants undergoing treatment or observation.	Up to 5 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Andrea B Apolo, National Cancer Institute LAO

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 3, 2020
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 16, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 16, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 15, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 15, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): December 18, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 13, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 12, 2026
• Last Verified: April 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Urogenital Diseases; Urogenital Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Male Urogenital Diseases; Urologic Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Urologic Neoplasms; Urinary Bladder Diseases; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms; Investigative Techniques; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; Diagnosis; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Cytological Techniques; Cytodiagnosis; Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical; Chemistry Techniques, Analytical; Spectrum Analysis; Biopsy; Specimen Handling; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; olaparib
• Other Study ID Numbers: NCI-2017-02296 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program)); ZIABC011078 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract); P162941; 19C0023; 10144 (Other Identifier: CTEP)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No