Nuria Porta
Institute of Cancer Research
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The New England Journal of Medicine | 2015
Joaquin Mateo; Suzanne Carreira; Shahneen Sandhu; Susana Miranda; Helen Mossop; Raquel Perez-Lopez; Daniel Nava Rodrigues; Dan R. Robinson; Aurelius Omlin; Nina Tunariu; Gunther Boysen; Nuria Porta; Penny Flohr; Alexa Gillman; Ines Figueiredo; Claire Paulding; George Seed; Suneil Jain; Christy Ralph; Andrew Protheroe; Syed A. Hussain; Robert Jones; Tony Elliott; Ursula McGovern; Diletta Bianchini; Jane Goodall; Zafeiris Zafeiriou; Chris T. Williamson; Roberta Ferraldeschi; Ruth Riisnaes
BACKGROUND Prostate cancer is a heterogeneous disease, but current treatments are not based on molecular stratification. We hypothesized that metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancers with DNA-repair defects would respond to poly(adenosine diphosphate [ADP]-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibition with olaparib. METHODS We conducted a phase 2 trial in which patients with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer were treated with olaparib tablets at a dose of 400 mg twice a day. The primary end point was the response rate, defined either as an objective response according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors, version 1.1, or as a reduction of at least 50% in the prostate-specific antigen level or a confirmed reduction in the circulating tumor-cell count from 5 or more cells per 7.5 ml of blood to less than 5 cells per 7.5 ml. Targeted next-generation sequencing, exome and transcriptome analysis, and digital polymerase-chain-reaction testing were performed on samples from mandated tumor biopsies. RESULTS Overall, 50 patients were enrolled; all had received prior treatment with docetaxel, 49 (98%) had received abiraterone or enzalutamide, and 29 (58%) had received cabazitaxel. Sixteen of 49 patients who could be evaluated had a response (33%; 95% confidence interval, 20 to 48), with 12 patients receiving the study treatment for more than 6 months. Next-generation sequencing identified homozygous deletions, deleterious mutations, or both in DNA-repair genes--including BRCA1/2, ATM, Fanconis anemia genes, and CHEK2--in 16 of 49 patients who could be evaluated (33%). Of these 16 patients, 14 (88%) had a response to olaparib, including all 7 patients with BRCA2 loss (4 with biallelic somatic loss, and 3 with germline mutations) and 4 of 5 with ATM aberrations. The specificity of the biomarker suite was 94%. Anemia (in 10 of the 50 patients [20%]) and fatigue (in 6 [12%]) were the most common grade 3 or 4 adverse events, findings that are consistent with previous studies of olaparib. CONCLUSIONS Treatment with the PARP inhibitor olaparib in patients whose prostate cancers were no longer responding to standard treatments and who had defects in DNA-repair genes led to a high response rate. (Funded by Cancer Research UK and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01682772; Cancer Research UK number, CRUK/11/029.).
Radiology | 2017
Raquel Perez-Lopez; Joaquin Mateo; Helen Mossop; Matthew D. Blackledge; David J. Collins; Mihaela Rata; Veronica A. Morgan; Alison Macdonald; Shahneen Sandhu; David Lorente; Pasquale Rescigno; Zafeiris Zafeiriou; Diletta Bianchini; Nuria Porta; Emma Hall; Martin O. Leach; Johann S. de Bono; Dow-Mu Koh; Nina Tunariu
Purpose To determine the usefulness of whole-body diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) to assess the response of bone metastases to treatment in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Materials and Methods A phase II prospective clinical trial of the poly-(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase inhibitor olaparib in mCRPC included a prospective magnetic resonance (MR) imaging substudy; the study was approved by the institutional research board, and written informed consent was obtained. Whole-body DWI was performed at baseline and after 12 weeks of olaparib administration by using 1.5-T MR imaging. Areas of abnormal signal intensity on DWI images in keeping with bone metastases were delineated to derive total diffusion volume (tDV); five target lesions were also evaluated. Associations of changes in volume of bone metastases and median apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) with response to treatment were assessed by using the Mann-Whitney test and logistic regression; correlation with prostate-specific antigen level and circulating tumor cell count were assessed by using Spearman correlation (r). Results Twenty-one patients were included. All six responders to olaparib showed a decrease in tDV, while no decrease was observed in all nonresponders; this difference between responders and nonresponders was significant (P = .001). Increases in median ADC were associated with increased odds of response (odds ratio, 1.08; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.00, 1.15; P = .04). A positive association was detected between changes in tDV and best percentage change in prostate-specific antigen level and circulating tumor cell count (r = 0.63 [95% CI: 0.27, 0.83] and r = 0.77 [95% CI: 0.51, 0.90], respectively). When assessing five target lesions, decreases in volume were associated with response (odds ratio for volume increase, 0.89; 95% CI: 0.80, 0.99; P = .037). Conclusion This pilot study showed that decreases in volume and increases in median ADC of bone metastases assessed with whole-body DWI can potentially be used as indicators of response to olaparib in mCRPC. Online supplemental material is available for this article.
British Journal of Cancer | 2015
Anna Wilkins; Andrew Furness; Richard W Corbett; Adam Bloomfield; Nuria Porta; Stephen Morris; Zohra Ali; James Larkin; Kevin J. Harrington
Background:The melanoma-specific graded prognostic assessment (msGPA) assigns patients with brain metastases from malignant melanoma to 1 of 4 prognostic groups. It was largely derived using clinical data from patients treated in the era that preceded the development of newer therapies such as BRAF, MEK and immune checkpoint inhibitors. Therefore, its current relevance to patients diagnosed with brain metastases from malignant melanoma is unclear. This study is an external validation of the msGPA in two temporally distinct British populations.Methods:Performance of the msGPA was assessed in Cohort I (1997–2008, n=231) and Cohort II (2008–2013, n=162) using Kaplan–Meier methods and Harrell’s c-index of concordance. Cox regression was used to explore additional factors that may have prognostic relevance.Results:The msGPA does not perform well as a prognostic score outside of the derivation cohort, with suboptimal statistical calibration and discrimination, particularly in those patients with an intermediate prognosis. Extra-cerebral metastases, leptomeningeal disease, age and potential use of novel targeted agents after brain metastases are diagnosed, should be incorporated into future prognostic models.Conclusions:An improved prognostic score is required to underpin high-quality randomised controlled trials in an area with a wide disparity in clinical care.
European urology focus | 2016
David Lorente; Praful Ravi; Niven Mehra; Carmel Pezaro; Aurelius Omlin; Alexa Gilman; Miguel Miranda; Pasquale Rescigno; Michael Kolinsky; Nuria Porta; Diletta Bianchini; Nina Tunariu; Joaquin Mateo; Heather Payne; Leonardus Wendelinus Mathias Marie Terstappen; Maarten Joost IJzerman; Emma Hall; Johann S. de Bono
BACKGROUND Evaluation of responses to treatment for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) remains challenging. Consensus criteria based on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and clinical and radiologic biomarkers are inconsistently utilized. Circulating tumor cell (CTC) counts can inform prognosis and response, but are not routinely used. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of biomarkers and trends in clinical decision-making in current mCRPC treatment. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A 23-part online questionnaire was completed by physicians treating mCRPC. OUTCOME MEASURES AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Results are presented as the proportion (%) of physicians responding to each of the options. We used χ2 and Fishers tests to compare differences. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS A total of 118 physicians (22.1%) responded. Of these, 69.4% treated ≥50 mCRPC patients/year. More physicians administered four or fewer courses of cabazitaxel (27.9%) than for docetaxel (10.4%), with no significant difference in the number of courses between bone-only disease and Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours (RECIST)-evaluable disease. Some 74.5% of respondents considered current biomarkers useful for monitoring disease, but only 39.6% used the Prostate Cancer Working Group (PCWG2) criteria in clinical practice. PSA was considered an important biomarker by 55.7%, but only 41.4% discarded changes in PSA before 12 wk, and only 39.4% were able to identify bone-scan progression according to PCWG2. The vast majority of physicians (90.5%) considered clinical progression to be important for switching treatment. The proportion considering biomarkers important was 71.6% for RECIST, 47.4% for bone scans, 23.2% for CTCs, and 21.1% for PSA. Although 53.1% acknowledged that baseline CTC counts are prognostic, only 33.7% would use CTC changes alone to switch treatment in patients with bone-only disease. The main challenges in using CTC counts were access to CTC technology (84.7%), cost (74.5%), and uncertainty over utility as a response indicator (58.2%). CONCLUSIONS A significant proportion of physicians discontinue treatment for mCRPC before 12 wk, raising concerns about inadequate response assessment. Many physicians find current biomarkers useful, but most rely on symptoms to drive treatment switch decisions, suggesting there is a need for more precise biomarkers. PATIENT SUMMARY In this report we analyse the results of a questionnaire evaluating tools for clinical decision-making completed by 118 prostate cancer specialists. We found that most physicians favour clinical progression over prostate-specific antigen or imaging, and that criteria established by the Prostate Cancer Working Group are not widely used.
Cancer Research | 2015
Joaquin Mateo; Shahneen Sandhu; Susana Miranda; Suzanne Carreira; Suneil Jain; Christy Ralph; Andrew Protheroe; Syed A. Hussain; Robert Jones; Tony Elliot; Ursula McGovern; Alexa Gillman; Claire Paulding; Helen Mossop; Nuria Porta; Diletta Bianchini; Zafeiris Zafeiriou; Gunther Boysen; Daniel Nava Rodrigues; Penelope Flohr; George Seed; Jane Goodall; Ines Figueiredo; Raquel Perez-Lopez; Nina Tunariu; Aurelius Omlin; Roberta Ferraldeschi; Lakshmi P. Kunju; Rosalind Eeles; Gerhardt Attard
Introduction: Next generation sequencing (NGS) has identified genomic aberrations causing DNA repair defects in sporadic metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). We hypothesized that single agent olaparib would have antitumor activity in a sub-population of mCRPC patients (pts) and that exome and transcriptome studies would identify this population. Methods: TOPARP is an open-label, investigator-initiated phase II trial with a novel multi-step adaptive design (CRUK/11/029). The first part of the study (TOPARP-A) has a two-stage design evaluating the antitumor activity of single agent olaparib in unselected mCRPC pts (p0 = 0.05; p1 = 0.20; α = 0.02; β = 0.10) with a preplanned analysis to identify a biomarker defined sensitive subgroup. Primary endpoint, response rate (RR), was defined as objective response by RECIST 1.1 and/or PSA fall ≥50% and/or confirmed circulating tumor cell (CTC) count falls from ≥5 to Results: Fifty pts were enrolled from 7 UK centers; all had had prior docetaxel, 48 (96%) prior abiraterone and 29 (58%) prior cabazitaxel. Overall, 16 of 49 evaluable pts experienced a response (RR 32.7%, 95% CI: 20.0 to 47.5), with 11 and 4 pts having been on treatment for >6 and >12 months respectively at data cut-off. NGS identified homozygous deletions and/or putatively deleterious mutations in DNA repair genes in 15/49 (30.6%) evaluable pts. While a majority of these genomic aberrations occurred in BRCA2 and ATM, biallelic loss of other relevant genes, including members of the Fanconi Anemia complementation group and CHEK2, were also observed. Among these fifteen pts, 13 (86.7%) responded to olaparib. All seven pts with BRCA2 loss (somatic [4/7] or germline [3/7]) and 4/5 pts with ATM truncating mutations responded to olaparib. The specificity of the biomarker suite was 94% in this population. Conversely, PTEN loss and ERG rearrangements were not associated with response. Finally, consistent with previous studies of olaparib, anemia (10/50, 20%) and fatigue (6/50, 12%) were the most common grade>3 adverse events, with 13 (26%) pts requiring a dose reduction. Conclusions: Olaparib has durable antitumor activity in heavily pre-treated pts with sporadic mCRPC with a 32.7% overall response rate. Genomic defects in DNA repair genes associate with olaparib sensitivity in sporadic mCRPC, offering a possibility for the very first molecular treatment stratification of advanced prostate cancer. Citation Format: Joaquin Mateo, Shahneen Sandhu, Susana Miranda, Suzanne Carreira, Suneil Jain, Christy Ralph, Andrew Protheroe, Syed Hussain, Robert Jones, Tony Elliot, Ursula McGovern, Alexa Gillman, Claire Paulding, Helen Mossop, Nuria Porta, Diletta Bianchini, Zafeiris Zafeiriou, Gunther Boysen, Daniel Nava Rodrigues, Penelope Flohr, George Seed, Jane Goodall, Ines Figueiredo, Raquel Perez-Lopez, Nina Tunariu, Aurelius Omlin, Roberta Ferraldeschi, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Rosalind Eeles, Gerhardt Attard, Dan Robinson, Arul Chinnaiyan, Emma Hall, Johann S. de Bono. DNA repair defects and antitumor activity with PARP inhibition: TOPARP, a phase II trial of olaparib in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2015 Apr 18-22; Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2015;75(15 Suppl):Abstract nr CT322. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2015-CT322
Radiotherapy and Oncology | 2017
Joanne Haviland; Mariella Mannino; C. Griffin; Nuria Porta; Mark Sydenham; Judith M. Bliss; John Yarnold
Background and purpose Adjuvant lymphatic radiotherapy (LNRT) is recommended for selected axillary node positive women with early breast cancer. We investigated whether hypofractionated LNRT is safe combined with similarly-hypofractionated breast/chest wall radiotherapy (RT). Material and methods The Standardisation of Breast Radiotherapy (START) pilot, A and B trials randomised women with early breast cancer to schedules of 2.67–3.3 Gy versus 2.0 Gy fractions (control). RT adverse effects were assessed by patients using the EORTC QLQ-BR23 and protocol-specific questions, and by physicians. Rates of arm/shoulder effects were compared between schedules for patients given LNRT. Results 864/5861 (14.7%) patients received LNRT (385 START-pilot, 318 START-A, 161 START-B). Prevalences of moderate/marked arm/shoulder effects were low up to 10 years. There were no significant differences between the hypofractionated and control groups for patient- and physician-assessed symptoms in START-A or START-B. In START-pilot, adverse effect rates were higher after 13 fractions of 3.3 Gy, consistent with effects reported in the breast/chest wall (significant for shoulder stiffness, HR 3.07, 95%CI 1.62–5.83, p = 0.001). Conclusions The START trial results suggest that appropriately-dosed hypofractionated LNRT is safe in the long-term, according to patient and physician-assessed arm and shoulder symptoms. These findings are consistent with those reported after the same schedules delivered to the breast/chest wall.
British Journal of Cancer | 2017
Ananya Choudhury; Catharine M L West; Nuria Porta; Emma Hall; Helen Denley; Carey Hendron; Rebecca Lewis; Syed A. Hussain; Robert Huddart; Nicholas D. James
Background:Severe chronic hypoxia is associated with tumour necrosis. In patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), necrosis is prognostic for survival following surgery or radiotherapy and predicts benefit from hypoxia modification of radiotherapy. Adding mitomycin C (MMC) and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) chemotherapy to radiotherapy improved locoregional control (LRC) compared to radiotherapy alone in the BC2001 trial. We hypothesised that tumour necrosis would not predict benefit for the addition of MMC and 5-FU to radiotherapy, but would be prognostic.Methods:Diagnostic tumour samples were available from 230 BC2001 patients. Tumour necrosis was scored on whole-tissue sections as absent or present, and its predictive and prognostic significance explored using Cox proportional hazards models. Survival estimates were obtained by Kaplan–Meier methods.Results:Tumour necrosis was present in 88/230 (38%) samples. Two-year LRC estimates were 71% (95% CI 61–79%) for the MMC/5-FU chemoradiotherapy group and 49% (95% CI 38–59%) for the radiotherapy alone group. When analysed by tumour necrosis status, the adjusted hazard ratios (HR) for MMC/5-FU vs. no chemotherapy were 0.46 (95% CI: 0.12–0.99; P=0.05, necrosis present) and 0.55 (95% CI: 0.31–0.98; P=0.04, necrosis absent). Multivariable analysis of prognosis for LRC by the presence vs. absence of necrosis yielded a HR=0.89 (95% CI 0.55–1.44, P=0.65). There was no significant association for necrosis as a predictive or prognostic factor with respect to overall survival.Conclusions:Tumour necrosis was neither predictive nor prognostic, and therefore MMC/5-FU is an appropriate radiotherapy-sensitising treatment in MIBC independent of necrosis status.
European Urology | 2018
John D. Kelly; Wei Shen Tan; Nuria Porta; Hugh Mostafid; Robert Huddart; Andrew Protheroe; Richard Bogle; Jane M Blazeby; Alison Palmer; Jo Cresswell; Mark Johnson; Richard J. Brough; Sanjeev Madaan; Stephen Andrews; Clare Cruickshank; Stephanie Burnett; Lauren Maynard; Emma Hall
BACKGROUND Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) has a significant risk of recurrence despite adjuvant intravesical therapy. OBJECTIVE To determine whether celecoxib, a cyclo-oxygenase 2 inhibitor, reduces the risk of recurrence in NMIBC patients receiving standard treatment. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS BOXIT (CRUK/07/004, ISRCTN84681538) is a double-blinded, phase III, randomised controlled trial. Patients aged ≥18 yr with intermediate- or high-risk NMIBC were accrued across 51 UK centres between 1 November 2007 and 23 July 2012. INTERVENTION Patients were randomised (1:1) to celecoxib 200mg twice daily or placebo for 2 yr. Patients with intermediate-risk NMIBC were recommended to receive six weekly mitomycin C instillations; high-risk NMIBC cases received six weekly bacillus Calmette-Guérin and maintenance therapy. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS The primary endpoint was time to disease recurrence. Analysis was by intention to treat. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS A total of 472 patients were randomised (236:236). With median follow-up of 44 mo (interquartile range: 36-57), 3-yr recurrence-free rate (95% confidence interval) was as follows: celecoxib 68% (61-74%) versus placebo 64% (57-70%; hazard ratio [HR] 0.82 [0.60-1.12], p=0.2). There was no difference in high-risk (HR 0.77 [0.52-1.15], p=0.2) or intermediate-risk (HR 0.90 [0.55-1.48], p=0.7) NMIBC. Subgroup analysis suggested that time to recurrence was longer in pT1 NMIBC patients treated with celecoxib compared with those receiving placebo (HR 0.53 [0.30-0.94], interaction test p=0.04). The 3-yr progression rates in high-risk patients were low: 10% (6.5-17%) and 9.7% (6.0-15%) in celecoxib and placebo arms, respectively. Incidence of serious cardiovascular events was higher in celecoxib (5.2%) than in placebo (1.7%) group (difference +3.4% [-0.3% to 7.2%], p=0.07). CONCLUSIONS BOXIT did not show that celecoxib reduces the risk of recurrence in intermediate- or high-risk NMIBC, although celecoxib was associated with delayed time to recurrence in pT1 NMIBC patients. The increased risk of cardiovascular events does not support the use of celecoxib. PATIENT SUMMARY Celecoxib was not shown to reduce the risk of recurrence in intermediate- or high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), although celecoxib was associated with delayed time to recurrence in pT1 NMIBC patients. The increased risk of cardiovascular events does not support the use of celecoxib.
Cancer Research | 2016
Raquel Perez-Lopez; Matthew D. Blackledge; Helen Mossop; Joaquin Mateo; David J. Collins; Veronica A. Morgan; Alison McDonald; S. Sandhu; Aurelius Omlin; Diletta Bianchini; Zafeiris Zafeiriou; Pasquale Rescigno; Michael Kolinsky; Daniel Nava Rodrigues; Penny Flohr; Berni Ebbs; Gemma Fowler; Nuria Porta; Emma Hall; Martin O. Leach; Johann S. de Bono; Dow-Mu Koh; Nina Tunariu
INTRODUCTION: Response assessment of bone metastases (BM) remains a challenge for drug development in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) as standard imaging techniques, computed tomography and bone scintigraphy, fail to characterize BM. Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is a functional MRI technique that studies the motion of water molecules within a tissue informing on cellularity. We hypothesized that changes in whole body (WB) DWI informs on BM response to treatment in mCRPC. METHODS: We conducted a phase II trial of the PARP inhibitor olaparib in mCRPC (TOPARP-A; CRUK/11/029); the primary endpoint was response rate defined using RECIST 1.1, PSA falls of ≥50% and conversion of circulating tumour cell (CTC) counts from ≥5 to RESULTS: Overall, 33/42 pt consented to the WB-DWI substudy of whom 21 had WB-DWI at baseline and at 12w. Of these 29% (6/21) were classified as responders to olaparib as per the primary endpoint definition and had not progressed prior to 12w. At baseline, median CTC count was 46 CTC/7.5ml blood and median PSA was 411 ng/ml for this cohort. When assessing all the areas of DWI signal abnormality, median volume of BM per patient was 445ml and mADC was 782 x10-6 mm2/s. Baseline CTC counts and PSA were significantly associated with volume of BM (ρ = 0.59, p = 0.005; ρ = 0.64, p = 0.002 respectively). All pts who responded to olaparib showed a decrease in volume of BM (median -41.1%, range -58.8%, -6.3%), whilst in non-responders a decrease was not observed in any pt (median 20.7%, range 0.0%, 76.9%); the difference between responders and non-responders was statistically significant (p = 0.001). Increases in mADC after 12 weeks of treatment were associated with increased odds of response (Odds Ratio: 1.08, 95% CI 1.00, 1.15, p = 0.04). Additionally, we detected a significant positive association between changes in volume of BM estimated by DWI and best percentage change in PSA and CTC (ρ = 0.63, p = 0.002 and ρ = 0.77, p CONCLUSION: Decrease in volume and increase in mADC of BM assessed by WB-DWI are indicators of response to olaparib in BM from mCRPC. These data require validation but support the use of WB-DWI for assessing BM during treatment. Citation Format: Raquel Perez-Lopez, Matthew D. Blackledge, Helen Mossop, Joaquin Mateo, David Collins, Veronica A. Morgan, Alison McDonald, Shahneen Sandhu, Aurelius Omlin, Diletta Bianchini, Zafeiris Zafeiriou, Pasquale Rescigno, Michael Kolinsky, Daniel Nava Rodrigues, Penny Flohr, Berni Ebbs, Gemma Fowler, Nuria Porta, Emma Hall, Martin Leach, Johann S. de Bono, Dow-Mu Koh, Nina Tunariu. Diffusion-weighted imaging of bone metastases as treatment response biomarker in prostate cancer. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2016 Apr 16-20; New Orleans, LA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(14 Suppl):Abstract nr 3973.
Cancer Research | 2016
Joaquin Mateo; Suzanne Carreira; Helen Mossop; Pasquale Rescigno; Michael Kolinsky; Elena Castro; Ada Balasopoulou; Jo Hunt; Desamparados Roda; Claudia Bertan; Jane Goodall; Susana Miranda; Penny Flohr; Nuria Porta; Zsofia Kote-Jarai; David Olmos; Christopher J. Lord; Emma Hall; Ros Eeles; Johann S. de Bono
INTRODUCTION: DNA repair defects are found in mCRPC and are therapeutically actionable; germline BRCA mutation-associated (gBRCA) prostate cancer has a poor prognosis. We hypothesized that metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) is enriched for germline DNA repair mutations and that these may be relevant to patient outcome. METHODS: Targeted-sequencing for DNA repair genes was conducted in germline DNA from patients consenting to 3 clinical trials between 2013-2015. Germline DNA was extracted from saliva or buccal swabs using the Oragene kit; libraries were constructed using a customized Qiagen panel and sequenced using the Illumina MiSeq. Family history and clinical data were prospectively collected. For time to event analyses unadjusted Cox regression models were used and comparisons were made using log-rank tests. RESULTS: Germline samples from 154 mCRPC patients were available. Median age at diagnosis was 61years (y), median time to castration-resistance was 14.5 months (m) and median overall survival (OS) from initial diagnosis of prostate cancer was 106.8m; 69% (91/131; 24 N/A) of patients were initially diagnosed with Gleason≥8 tumors. 130/154 (84.4%) and 131/154 (85.0%) received Docetaxel and Abiraterone respectively. Of 154 patients, 4 were previously known to be gBRCA2 mutation carriers and were removed from the prevalence analysis but included in the clinical analyses; 22/150 (14.7%, 95%CI 9.4-21.4%) harboured a truncating or frameshift mutation in a DNA repair gene (9 BRCA2, 6%; 4 ATM, 2.7%; 2 PALB2, 1.3%, 1 each for CHEK2, FANCI, MRE11A, NBN, RAD51C, RAD51D and MSH6). Overall, patients with any germline DNA repair aberrations had a worse median OS (75.8 vs 106.8 m; log-rank p = 0.04). Time to resistance to primary hormonal ablation was shorter specifically for gBRCA2 mutations carriers (11.0 vs 14.8 m; log-rank p = 0.01) but not for non-BRCA2 repair aberrations. Age at diagnosis was similar in patients with or without DNA repair germline mutations (median 61.3 vs 61.7y, Mann-Whitney p = 0.41) as well as frequency of Gleason≥8 tumors (16/21 [76%] vs 75/109 [68%]; Mann-Whitney p = 0.23) Response rates to Docetaxel (14/18 [77.8%] vs 64/94 [68.1%]; Fisher exact p = 0.67) and Abiraterone (10/21 [47.6%] vs 44/94 [46.8%]; Fisher exact p = 0.73) were similar among individuals with and without mutations. Family cancer history was collected in 125/154 cases (81%). While having cases of ovarian/prostate/breast/pancreas cancers in these patients’ families associated with a higher likelihood of finding a germline mutation (Odds Ratio 3.36, p = 0.03), 5 of 68 (7.4%) men with no cases of ovarian/prostate/breast/pancreas cancers registered in their families carried a germline mutation in a DNA repair gene. CONCLUSIONS: mCRPC is enriched for patients with germline mutations in DNA repair genes (15%), with 6% having gBRCA2 mutation. Germline DNA repair aberrations are associated with a worse prognosis from mCRPC. Citation Format: JOAQUIN MATEO, Suzanne Carreira, Helen Mossop, Pasquale Rescigno, Michael Kolinsky, Elena Castro, Ada Balasopoulou, Jo Hunt, Desamparados Roda, Claudia Bertan, Jane Goodall, Susana Miranda, Penny Flohr, Nuria Porta, Zsofia Kote-Jarai, David Olmos, Christopher J. Lord, Emma Hall, Ros Eeles, Johann S. de Bono. DNA repair genes aberrations in germline DNA in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2016 Apr 16-20; New Orleans, LA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(14 Suppl):Abstract nr 4340.