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Blood-Based Multi-Cancer Detection Using a Novel Variant Calling Assay (DEEPGENTM): Early Clinical Results
Cancers
  • Rebecca M. Tuttle, Wright State University - Main Campus
  • Frederic Ris
  • Minia Hellan, Wright State University
  • Jonathan Douissard
  • Jorge J. Nieva
  • Frederic Triponez
  • Yanghee Woo
  • David Geller
  • Nicolas C. Buchs
  • Leo Buehler
  • Stefan Moenig
  • Christope E. Iselin
  • Wolfram Karenovics
  • Patrick Petignat
  • Giang Thanh Lam
  • Manuela Undurraga Malinervo
  • James R. Ouellette, Wright State University
  • Debashish Bose
  • Nael Ismail
  • Christian Toso
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-15-2021
Abstract

This is an early clinical analysis of the DEEPGENTM platform for cancer detection. Newly diagnosed cancer patients and individuals with no known malignancy were included in a prospective open-label case-controlled study (NCT03517332). Plasma cfDNA that was extracted from peripheral blood was sequenced and data were processed using machine-learning algorithms to derive cancer prediction scores. A total of 260 cancer patients and 415 controls were included in the study. Overall, sensitivity for all cancers was 57% (95% CI: 52, 64) at 95% specificity, and 43% (95% CI: 37, 49) at 99% specificity. With 51% sensitivity and 95% specificity for all stage 1 cancers, the stage-specific sensitivities trended to improve with higher stages. Early results from this preliminary clinical, prospective evaluation of the DEEPGENTM liquid biopsy platform suggests the platform offers a clinically relevant ability to differentiate individuals with and without known cancer, even at early stages of cancer.

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DOI
10.3390/cancers13164104
Citation Information
Rebecca M. Tuttle, Frederic Ris, Minia Hellan, Jonathan Douissard, et al.. "Blood-Based Multi-Cancer Detection Using a Novel Variant Calling Assay (DEEPGENTM): Early Clinical Results" Cancers Vol. 13 Iss. 16 (2021) ISSN: 2072-6694
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rebecca_tuttle/18/