Methods and materials for evaluating homologous recombination deficiency
The method of assessing HRD in cancer cells through chromosomal abnormalities predicts patient response to cancer treatments, addressing the lack of personalized diagnostic tools in current cancer treatment.
JP2025114740APending Publication Date: 2025-08-05MYRIAD GENETICS INC
Patent Information
- Application Number
- JP2025078359
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2014-10-06
- Filing Date
- 2025-05-09
- Publication Date
- 2025-08-05
AI Technical Summary
Technical Problem
Current cancer treatment methods lack effective molecular diagnostic tools to characterize a patient's cancer, making it difficult to administer personalized treatment plans.
Method used
A method for assessing homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) in cancer cells by detecting specific chromosomal abnormalities such as LOH, TAI, and LST regions, and using these to predict patient response to cancer treatment regimens involving DNA damaging agents, anthracyclines, topoisomerase I inhibitors, or PARP inhibitors.
Benefits of technology
Enables personalized cancer treatment by identifying patients likely to respond to specific therapies based on HRD status, improving treatment efficacy.
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Abstract
To provide methods and materials involved in evaluation of samples (e.g., cancer cells) for the presence of homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) or a HRD signature.SOLUTION: Disclosed is an in vitro method for predicting patient's response to a cancer treating regimen comprising a DNA damaging agent, anthracycline, a topoisomerase I inhibitor or a PARP inhibitor, which comprises the steps of: (1) determining the number of indicator CA regions comprising at least two selected from an indicator LOH region, an indicator TAI region, and / or an indicator LST region in at least a pair of human chromosome of cancer cells of a cancer patient in a sample containing the cancer cells; and (2) diagnosing a patient whose number of the indicator LOH region, indicator TAI region or indicator LST region in the sample is larger than the reference number as having a high potential for responding to the cancer treating regimen.SELECTED DRAWING: None
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