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Table 4 Summary of safety in phase III trials of PARP inhibitors maintenance therapy in frontline settings

From: Maintenance therapy for newly diagnosed epithelial ovarian cancer– a review

Trial

PRIMA [55] (n = 728)

SOLO-1 [28] (n = 390)

PAOLA-1 [56] (N = 802)

VELIA [57] (N = 621)

Niraparib (n = 484)

Placebo (n = 244)

Olaparib (n = 260)

Placebo (n = 130)

Olaparib + Bevacizumab (n = 535)

Placebo (n = 267)

Velipariba (n = 310)

Placebo (n = 311)

Any grade, n (%)

478 (99)

224 (92)

256 (98)

120 (92)

531 (99)

256 (96)

294 (95)

290 (93)

Grade > =3b, n (%)

341 (70)

46 (19)

102 (39)

24 (18)

303 (57)

136 (51)

138 (45)

99 (32)

AE leading to treatment discontinuation, n (%)

58 (12)

6 (2)

30 (12)

3 (2)

109 (20)

15 (6)

58 (19)

3 (1)

AE leading to dose reduction, n (%)

343 (71)

20 (8)

74 (28)

4 (3)

220 (41)

20 (7)

74 (24)

12 (4)

Selected grade > =3, n (%)

 Anaemia

150 (31)

4 (2)

56 (22)c

2 (2)c

93 (17)c

1 (< 1)c

23 (7)

3 (1)

 Thrombocytopenia

139 (29)

1 (< 1)

2 (1)d

2 (2)d

9 (2)d

1 (< 1)d

20 (6)

1 (< 1)

 Neutropenia

62 (13)

3 (1)

22 (8)e

6 (5)e

32 (6)e

8 (3)e

16 (5)

12 (4)

 Fatigue/asthenia

9 (2)

1 (< 1)

10 (4)

2 (2)

28 (5)

4 (1)

19 (6)

3 (1)

  1. AE Adverse event, PARP Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor
  2. aData are reported only for the veliparib-throughout and control arms, excluding the veliparib combination-only arm
  3. bExcludes grade 5 in SOLO-1 and VELIA
  4. cIncludes anaemia, decreased haemoglobin level, decreased haematocrit, decreased red cell count, erythropenia, macrocytic anaemia, normochromic anaemia, normochromic normocytic anaemia and normocytic anaemia
  5. dIncludes thrombocytopenia, decreased platelet production, decreased platelet count and decreased plateletcrit
  6. eIncludes neutropenia, febrile neutropenia, neutropenic sepsis, neutropenic infection, decreased neutrophil count, idiopathic neutropenia, granulocytopenia, decreased granulocyte count and agranulocytosis