Guardant Health. has filed a patent for a computer technology aimed at precise diagnosis of genetic material states from cell-free DNA samples. The method involves detecting somatic homozygous deletions in BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes to treat cancers associated with homologous recombination deficiency using PARP inhibitors. GlobalData’s report on Guardant Health gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Precision diagnosis and treatment of cancer with homologous recombination deficiency
A recently filed patent (Publication Number: US20240029890A1) outlines a method for treating cancer associated with homologous recombination deficiency (HRD). The method involves determining the presence of a somatic homozygous deletion for a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene in a sample of cell-free nucleic acid molecules obtained from the subject. This determination is made through a diagnostic assay that compares allelic counts based on germline single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) positions. If the somatic homozygous deletion is detected, the subject is administered a therapy involving a poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor to treat the cancer, which could be breast, ovarian, prostate, or pancreatic cancer.
The patent further details the probabilistic distributions and parameters used to generate models of allelic counts for the diagnostic assay, including determining the prevalence of heterozygosity and standard deviation of minor allele frequency in a training set of samples. Additionally, the method involves accessing a plurality of samples, identifying germline deletions, and filtering out samples to identify the presence of the somatic homozygous deletion or heterozygous deletion. The comparison of outputs from the models is done using a log likelihood function, and the therapy administered may include PARP inhibitors such as OLAPARIB, TALAZOPARIB, RUCAPARIB, or NIRAPARIB. Another aspect of the patent focuses specifically on treating ovarian cancer associated with HRD, where the therapy involves administering olaparib to the subject after detecting the somatic homozygous deletion for a gene, which could be BRCA1 or BRCA2, in the sample of cell-free nucleic acid molecules.
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