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ReviewBiomarker insights2015

Evaluation of Candidate Biomarkers of Type 1 Diabetes via the Core for Assay Validation.

Cate Speake, Jared M Odegard

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Review in Biomarker insights, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Cate SpeakeDiabetes Clinical Research Program, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.
Jared M OdegardDiabetes Clinical Research Program, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recognizing an increasing need for biomarkers that predict clinical outcomes in type 1 diabetes (T1D), JDRF, a major funding organization for T1D research, recently instituted the Core for Assay Validation (CAV) to accelerate the translation of promising assays from discovery to clinical implementation via a process of coordinated evaluation of biomarkers. In this model, the CAV facilitates the validation of candidate assay methods as well as qualification of proposed biomarkers for a specific clinical use in well-characterized patients. We describe here a CAV-driven pilot project aimed at identifying biomarkers that predict the rate of decline in beta cell function after diagnosis. In a formalized pipeline, candidate assays are first assessed for general rationale, technical precision, and biological associations in a cross-sectional cohort. Those with the most favorable characteristics are then applied to placebo arm subjects of T1D intervention trials to assess their predictive correlation with beta cell function. We outline a go/no-go process for advancing candidate assays in a defined qualification pipeline that also allows for the discovery of novel predictive biomarker combinations. This strategy could be a model for other collaborative biomarker development efforts in and beyond T1D.

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assay qualificationassay validationC-peptidetype 1 diabetes

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PMID26462120
PMCPMC4589091

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