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ArticleCancers2024

Patient-Specific Circulating Tumor DNA for Monitoring Response to Menin Inhibitor Treatment in Preclinical Models of Infant Leukemia.

Louise Doculara, Kathryn Evans, J Justin Gooding, Narges Bayat, Richard B Lock

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Article in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Louise DocularaChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, UNSW Centre for Childhood Cancer Research, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
Kathryn EvansChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, UNSW Centre for Childhood Cancer Research, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
J Justin GoodingSchool of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5398-0597
Narges BayatChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, UNSW Centre for Childhood Cancer Research, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
Richard B LockChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, UNSW Centre for Childhood Cancer Research, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3436-9071

Funding

Anthony Rothe Memorial Trust RG213131Cancer Council NSW RG 22-07NHMRC Program Grant APP1091261The National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia APP1157871
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn infant

methodsImmune-deficient mice engrafted with three MLL-r ALL PDXs were monitored for ctDNA levels before and after treatment with the menin inhibitor SNDX-50469.

resultsThe amount of ctDNA detected strongly correlated with leukemia burden during initial engraftment prior to drug treatment. However, following SNDX-50469 treatment, the leukemic burden assessed by either PB leukemia cells through flow cytometry or ctDNA levels through droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) was discrepant. This divergence could be attributed to the persistence of leukemia cells in the spleen and BM, highlighting the ability of ctDNA to reflect disease dynamics in key leukemia infiltration sites.

conclusionsNotably, ctDNA analysis proved to be a superior predictor of MRD compared to PB assessment alone, especially in instances of low disease burden. These findings highlight the potential of ctDNA as a sensitive biomarker for monitoring treatment response and detecting MRD in infant MLL-r ALL.

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circulating tumor DNAliquid biopsymenin inhibitorminimal residual diseasepatient-derived xenograft

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PMID39682177
PMCPMC11640178

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