Biocept's Target Selector Platform Featured in Three Clinical Abstracts at the 2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting Where Company Plans to Launch New Marketing Campaign
The Company will also launch its "AND" marketing campaign for its proprietary liquid biopsy service at ASCO. The "AND" campaign focuses on the benefits of using liquid biopsy in addition to tissue biopsy to rapidly identify clinically actionable biomarkers in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Representatives from
"In a large percentage of metastatic NSCLC patients, the patient's mutational status from tissue is not available at the time key treatment decisions need to be made. This means that a significant number of these patients will not get the benefit of being qualified for target therapies," said
"The body of clinical evidence supporting the utility of our Target Selector™ testing platform continues to grow, and I am looking forward to discussing our published abstracts, as well as other study data with physicians at this year's ASCO meeting," stated
Abstracts featuring
- "Clinical experience in ctDNA profiling of 2,000 NSCLC cases using Target Selector™ demonstrates high sensitivity" - Testing of 2,000 patient samples with
Biocept's Target Selector™ assays detected EGFR mutations at a very high level of sensitivity, down to 1 mutant copy/ml in advanced NSCLC patients at frequencies consistent with citedU.S. prevalence rates. - "ctDNA detection of EGFR mutations in NSCLC patients using Target Selector™" - Results from a 53-patient study demonstrate detection of activating EGFR mutations (Exon 19 deletions and L858R) and the resistance EGFR mutation (T790M) before patients were treated with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, during therapy, and at progression. Over time, as patients were treated on targeted therapy, detection rates trended consistently lower indicating therapeutic responses in some patients. Importantly, two patients in the study were found to have T790M mutations only in blood and not in tissue.
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Biocept's Sample Collection for Tumor Cell Analysis Demonstrates Superior Performance" - Comparisons were made betweenBiocept's blood collection tubes with its proprietary CEE-Sure® fixative and Saccomanno's Fixative, one of the most widely used cytology fixatives. Results showed consistently higher cell recovery, better cell membrane maintenance, and higher quality FISH signals when samples were stored using CEE-Sure® vs. Saccomanno's Fixative.
"AND" campaign to raise awareness on benefits of combining both tissue biopsy and liquid biopsy
During the ASCO meeting,
"With more than 30,000 oncologists and professionals attending ASCO, this meeting is well-suited to launch our new liquid biopsy awareness campaign," said
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