Guardant Health to Present Precision Oncology Data Across the Continuum of Care at the ASCO Annual Meeting
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), along with researchers from leading academic institutions and pharmaceutical companies, will present 27 abstracts at the ASCO Annual Meeting detailing new insights into precision oncology generated from its commercially available Guardant360 and GuardantOMNI assays, as well as its research-use-only (RUO) LUNAR liquid biopsy.
For patients with advanced cancer, these include multiple investigations of the GuardantOMNI assay’s ability to identify patients who may benefit from treatment with immunotherapy. Additionally, researchers will present Guardant360 data to demonstrate the effectiveness of new targeted drugs, as well as the feasibility of serial ctDNA analysis to rapidly predict treatment response and long-term clinical benefit.
For patients with early stage disease, the presentations include an analytical validation of Guardant’s LUNAR assay (Abstract 3057), as well as a pilot study exploring the LUNAR assay’s ability to identify early-stage colorectal cancer patients who may benefit from adjuvant therapy after undergoing an intervention with curative intent (Abstract 3602). This is a particularly challenging clinical setting for the detection of circulating tumor DNA in blood because patients who have undergone curative-intent interventions typically have little-to-no evidence of disease, and very low residual tumor DNA shedding in circulation.
“Guardant is committed to expanding the benefits of precision oncology across the continuum of care,” said Guardant Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Richard Lanman. “The new insights we and our research partners will bring to ASCO this year continue to demonstrate the many advantages of blood-based genomic testing over tissue-based genomic testing in support of a blood-first paradigm in early stage and late stage cancer.”
Guardant’s data will be featured in the at ASCO this year:
| Abstract Title | Date | Time | Abstract Number |
| Analytical validation of a tumor-agnostic integrated multi-analyte circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assay in early stage cancer | 6/1 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| Dynamic monitoring of circulating tumor DNA next-generation gene sequencing as a predictive biomarker of response and progression free survival after pembrolizumab monotherapy in patients with advanced NSCLC. | 6/1 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| Molecular biology and treatment strategies for non-V600 BRAF-mutant NSCLC | 6/1 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| Molecular circulating tumor DNA response to identify long-term survival in patients receiving immunotherapy with initial radiologic stable disease | 6/1 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| Comprehensive genomic profiling of circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) distinguishes focal amplification (amp) from aneuploidy among MET amps in diverse advanced cancer types | 6/1 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| Baseline cfDNA characteristics and evolution of cfDNA profile during treatment with selective FGFR inhibitor TAS-120 | 6/1 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| Identification of genomic alterations by circulating tumor DNA in leiomyosarcoma: A molecular analysis of 73 patients | 6/1 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| TiFFANY study: A multicenter phase II basket-type clinical trial to evaluate efficacy and safety of pan-FGFR inhibitor TAS-120 for advanced solid malignancies with FGFR alterations identified by circulating tumor DNA | 6/1 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| Profiling of genomic alterations in MAPK/ERK signaling in a large cohort of metastatic prostate cancer (mPC) patients | 6/1 | 1:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. | |
| Genomic landscape of metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) vs. metastatic castration-refractory prostate cancer (mCRPC) by circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA). | 6/1 | 1:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m | |
| AR changes in circulating-tumor DNA (ctDNA) in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) treated with high-dose testosterone. | 6/1 | 1:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m | |
| Blood tumor mutational burden (bTMB) and tumor PD-L1 as predictive biomarkers of survival in MYSTIC: First-line durvalumab (D) ± tremelimumab (T) versus chemotherapy (CT) in metastatic (m) NSCLC. | 6/2 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| Early circulating tumor (ct)DNA dynamics and efficacy of lorlatinib in patients (pts) with advanced ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) | 6/2 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| Longitudinal Analysis of Plasma ALK Mutations During Treatment with Next-Generation ALK Inhibitors. | 6/2 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| Tracking plasma KRAS mutations (m) in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAC) patients (p) | 6/2 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| A plasma-only integrated somatic and epigenomic circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assay to inform recurrence risk in colorectal cancer (CRC). | 6/3 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| Updated analysis and impact of plasma-detected microsatellite stability (MSS) and tumor mutation burden (TMB) in a phase II trial of durvalumab (D) plus tremelimumab (T) and best supportive care (BSC) versus BSC alone in patients (pts) with refractory metastatic colorectal carcinoma (rmCRC) | 6/3 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| Blood-Based Genomic Profiling of cell-free DNA (OMNI) to Identify Microsatellite Instability, tumor mutational burden and Wnt/B-Catenin Pathway Alterations in Patients with Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers | 6/3 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| Identifying anti-EGFR (EGFRi) response subgroups using evidence of ctDNA selective pressure | 6/3 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| Genomic alterations after EGFR blockade in patients with RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer: Combined tissue and blood-based analysis from SCRUM-Japan GI-SCREEN and GOZILA | 6/3 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| Association between gene fusions and anti-EGFR resistance signature in colorectal cancer. | 6/3 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| Prediction model for detecting Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (mCRC). | 6/3 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| A Landscape of Circulating Tumor DNA in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma. | 6/3 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| Blood-Based Next-Generation Sequencing Analysis of Neuroendocrine Tumors | 6/3 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| Circulating tumor DNA dynamics, serial testing and evolution on treatment in 322 colorectal cancer patients. | 6/3 | 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. | |
| Genomic testing and treatment landscape in patients (pts) with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (aNSCLC) using real-world data from community oncology practices | 6/3 | 1:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. | |
| Correlation of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), tissue-based genomic profiling and clinical efficacy in the biomarker directed Ph1b trial in metastatic bladder cancer (BISCAY). | 6/3 | 1:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. |
About Guardant Health
Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on helping conquer cancer globally through use of its proprietary blood tests, vast data sets and advanced analytics. Its Guardant Health Oncology Platform is designed to leverage its capabilities in technology, clinical development, regulatory and reimbursement to drive commercial adoption, improve patient clinical outcomes and lower healthcare costs. In pursuit of its goal to manage cancer across all stages of the disease, Guardant Health has launched multiple liquid biopsy-based tests, Guardant360 and GuardantOMNI, for advanced stage cancer patients, which fuel its LUNAR development programs for recurrence and early detection. Since its launch in 2014, Guardant360 has been used by more than 6,000 oncologists, over 50 biopharmaceutical companies and all 28 of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network centers.
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