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Lynparza (olaparib)CareFirst (Caremark)

Breast cancer

Initial criteria

  • For adjuvant therapy of HER2-negative, germline BRCA-mutated breast cancer after completion of neoadjuvant/adjuvant chemotherapy when ANY of the following:
  • - Hormone receptor-negative breast cancer with any residual disease
  • - Hormone receptor-negative breast cancer with tumor size ≥ 2 cm or any involved axillary nodes
  • - Hormone receptor-positive breast cancer with ≥ 4 positive lymph nodes
  • - Hormone receptor-positive breast cancer with any residual disease and CPS+EG score ≥ 3 after preoperative therapy
  • OR For treatment of breast cancer with no response to preoperative systemic therapy, or recurrent unresectable (local/regional) or metastatic disease, as a single agent in members with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline BRCA mutations

Reauthorization criteria

  • No evidence of unacceptable toxicity or disease progression
  • Maximum treatment duration for adjuvant early-stage HER2-negative BRCA-mutated breast cancer = 1 year

Approval duration

12 months