In our recent Experts Knowledge Share, world-renowned experts discussed case studies, reviewed the latest data and shared their views. 

Guest expert Prof. Fred Saad joined GU CONNECT members Assoc. Prof Tanya Dorff, Prof. Gerhardt Attard, and Prof. Neeraj Agarwal, along with participants from around the world, to discuss incorporating PARP inhibitors into prostate cancer clinical practice

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Incorporating PARP inhibitors into prostate cancer clinical practice.

Video Chapters

Chapter 1  00:00     Scene-setting - Prof. Fred Saad

Chapter 2  05:23     Use of PARP inhibitors beyond the first-line setting in mCRPC - Prof. Fred Saad and Prof. Gerhardt Attard

Chapter 3  39:24     Use of PARP inhibitors in the first-line setting in mCRPC - Assoc. Prof. Tanya Dorff and Prof. Neeraj Agarwal

Chapter 4  1:09:50  Questions and panel discussion

Chapter 5  1:14:06   Future perspectives and summary - Prof. Fred Saad

 

Clinical Takeaways

 

  • PARP inhibitors are an important part of the treatment strategy for mCRPC patients

  • mCRPC patients who harbour HRR mutations benefit from PARPi monotherapy following progression on prior novel hormonal agents

  • Treatment with PARP inhibitors plus novel hormonal agents can provide combination benefits in mCRPC patients with or without HRR mutations

  • The future treatment landscape for prostate cancer patients will likely include the earlier introduction of PARPi's and treatment beyond patients with HRR/DRR mutations

President of the National Cancer Institute of Canada G‐U Group, the Canadian Urologic Oncology Group and GU Global ▪ Member of ten editorial boards and serves as a reviewer for more than 30 urology and oncology journals. Published over 300 scientific articles and book chapters and has collaborated on over 800 scientific abstracts presented at scientific meetings around the world. ▪ Co‐editor of several books, including the first two editions of Understanding Prostate Cancer, which sold over 150,000 copies. ▪ Main research interests include molecular prognostic markers in prostate cancer and new treatments for advanced prostate cancer. He is currently coordinating more than 40 clinical and basic research projects in urologic oncology.

Prof. Fred Saad has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies:

AAA/Novartis, Abbvie, Astellas, AstraZeneca, Amgen, Bayer, Janssen, Merck, Myovant, Pfizer, Sonofi and Tolmar. 

 

 

Following a residency at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City, Dr Dorff came to LAC + USC Medical Center for her hematology and medical oncology fellowship. She currently heads the Genitourinary group within the Department of Medical Oncology at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center. In addition to being a devoted clinician and translational researcher, Dr Dorff has authored more than 45 peer reviewed articles as well as 35 review articles/commentaries. Dr Dorff serves as an associate editor for Clinical Genitourinary Cancer and Seminars in Urologic Oncology. She has lectured on prostate and bladder cancer treatment nationally and internationally and has presented her research at national meetings. Current research interests include the effects of fasting on chemotherapy side effects and cancer control and immunotherapy for prostate cancer. She has been the principal investigator for more than a dozen clinical trials, involving targeted therapy and immunotherapy, for genitourinary cancers.

Assoc. Prof. Tanya Dorff has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies:

AstraZeneca, Astellas, Exelixis, Janssen and SeaGen.

Prof. Attard is a Cancer Research UK Clinician Scientist and Team Leader at The Institute of Cancer Research and an Honorary Medical Oncology Consultant at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. He graduated with a degree in Medicine from the University of Malta in June 1999 and obtained a PhD in Medicine from the University of London (ICR) in 2010. His main research interest is dissecting treatment resistance, currently with a focus on plasma DNA analysis, in order to inform on the development of novel therapeutics and biomarkers for castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). He is an experienced clinical trialist in CRPC and a co-author of more than 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts, including several important papers on advanced prostate cancer. Prof. Attard’s many awards over the years include the ASCO Foundation Annual Merit Award in 2007, Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investor Award in 2008, the AACR-GlaxoSmithKline Outstanding Clinical Scholar Award in 2009, the Medical Research Society/Academy of Medical Sciences Sue McCarthy Prize in 2010 and the McElwain award in 2010. Prof. Attard sits on a number of advisory boards and the editorial board of Annals of Oncology.

Prof. Gerhardt Attard has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies:

Astellas, AstraZeneca, Bayer,  Janssen, Novartis and Pfizer. 

Neeraj Agarwal, MD, is a Professor in the Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He is the Senior Director for Clinical Research Innovation at Huntsman Cancer Institute, and the HCI Presidential Endowed Chair of Cancer Research. He also serves as the Director of the Genitourinary Oncology Program at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, and directs the Center of Investigational Therapeutics and co-leads the “Experimental Therapeutic Program” at HCI. As a specialist in adult hematology and oncology, Dr Agarwal cares for patients with all types of cancer and specializes in genitourinary malignancies (cancers of the prostate, kidney, bladder and testes). Dr Agarwal is a member of several professional societies, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) and the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG). After receiving his MD degree from All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, India, Dr Agarwal completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in geriatric medicine at the University of Iowa. He then completed a hematology-oncology fellowship at HCI and the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr Agarwal has received several awards and grants and has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. He has given talks at several prestigious regional and national forums and serves as a panel member for the NCCN guideline-committees for bladder and kidney cancer. Dr Agarwal also serves as the overall study chair and/or steering committee member of multiple national and international clinical trials in GU cancers. Dr Agarwal has the prestigious honor of being chosen as one of the five young investigators of the Southwest Oncology Group in 2009. He has been appointed as the leader of early therapeutics of the SWOG Genitourinary Cancer Committee in 2010. Dr Agarwal is also the recipient of the prestigious 2009-2010 William D. Odell Young Investigator award from the University of Utah’s, Department of Medicine, and the 2014 Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award from the National Cancer Institute.

Prof. Neeraj Agarwal has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies:

Arnivas, Astellas, AstraZeneca, Bavarian Nordic , Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb, Calithera, Celldex, Clovis, Crispr, Eisai, Eli Lilly, EMD Serono, Exelixis, Genentech, Gilead, GSK, Immunomedics, Janssen, Lava, Medivation, Merck, Nektar, Neoleukin, New Link Genetics, Novartis, Oric, Pfizer, Prometheus, Rexahn, Roche, Sanofi, Seattle Genetics, Takeda, and Tracon.

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