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. 2020 Apr 27;1(3):20200009. doi: 10.1515/almed-2020-0009

Table 3:

Selected liquid biopsy tests within the FDA's Breakthrough Devices Program.

Kit/test Company Technology/application FDA Status
Foundation One Liquid test Roche Foundation Medicine NGS test to detect clinically relevant indels, substitutions, CNV and selected genetic rearrangements in 70 oncogenes for companion diagnostic FDA granted Breakthrough Device Designation (April 2018)
Multicancer early detection test Grail NGS blood test analyzing ctDNA methylation patterns for detecting multiple cancer types FDA granted Breakthrough Device Designation (May 2019)
Guardant 360 Guardant Health ctDNA test of mutations (73 genes), amplifications (18 genes), fusions (6 genes), indels (23 genes), to guide treatment selection in non-small-cell lung carcinoma FDA granted Breakthrough Device Designation (May 2019)
Resolution HRD Resolution Bioscience NGS assay to detect sequence variations in genes associated with homologous recombination deficiency (HRD). Companion diagnostic for prostate cancer FDA granted Breakthrough Device Designation (May 2019)
Cancer SEEK Thrive Earlier Detection Multianalyte test that combines multiplexed PCR detection of mutations in ctDNA at 1,933 loci with measurements of validated protein biomarkers to diagnose eight common cancer types FDA granted Breakthrough Device Designation (May 2019)
ExoDx Prostate IntelliScore (EPI) test Bio-Techne Urine exosome-based genomic test for the diagnosis of prostate cancer FDA granted Breakthrough Device Designation (June 2019)
Ivy Gene CORE Test; IvyGene DX Liver Test Laboratory for Advanced Medicine (LAM) Hyper-methylated ctDNA from multiple gene targets. To confirm the presence of breast, colon, liver, and lung cancers as early as stage 1 FDA granted Breakthrough Device Designation (September 2019)
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