Regulatory approval

Published by the Health Canada. Approved

AKEEGA (niraparib and abiraterone acetate) is indicated with prednisone or prednisolone for the treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious BRCA mutated (germline and/or somatic) metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), who are asymptomatic/mildly symptomatic, and in whom chemotherapy is not clinically indicated.

This is written in the approval document.

Citation

Janssen Inc. Akeega (abiraterone acetate and niraparib) [product monograph]. Health Canada website. https://pdf.hres.ca/dpd_pm/00078864.PDF. Revised March 2025. Accessed June 2025.

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Organizations	Biomarkers	Cancer types	Therapies
HC (1)	BRCA1 oncogenic variants	Prostate Adenocarcinoma	Abiraterone acetate, Niraparib, Prednisone
HC (1)	BRCA1 pathogenic variants	Prostate Adenocarcinoma	Abiraterone acetate, Niraparib, Prednisone
HC (1)	BRCA2 oncogenic variants	Prostate Adenocarcinoma	Abiraterone acetate, Niraparib, Prednisone
HC (1)	BRCA2 pathogenic variants	Prostate Adenocarcinoma	Abiraterone acetate, Niraparib, Prednisone
HC (1)	BRCA1 oncogenic variants	Prostate Adenocarcinoma	Abiraterone acetate, Niraparib, Prednisolone
HC (1)	BRCA2 oncogenic variants	Prostate Adenocarcinoma	Abiraterone acetate, Niraparib, Prednisolone
HC (1)	BRCA1 pathogenic variants	Prostate Adenocarcinoma	Abiraterone acetate, Niraparib, Prednisolone
HC (1)	BRCA2 pathogenic variants	Prostate Adenocarcinoma	Abiraterone acetate, Niraparib, Prednisolone

Contributions

Date	Contributor	Description
2024-10-30	Van Allen lab	Initial access of FDA approvals