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CNIO’s Immune-Response Blood Test Detects Early Tumors, Launches NHS-Funded Trials

The assay is beginning broader clinical validation in the UK ahead of planned commercialization after demonstrating high diagnostic accuracy in an initial patient cohort.

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Overview

  • It leverages immune-response protein changes rather than tumor-emitted markers by analyzing key amino acid concentrations in plasma with machine learning.
  • In a 170-patient study, it detected 78% of solid tumors without producing any false positives.
  • The test predicted non-response to antimetastatic therapy with 100% specificity and forecast effective treatment outcomes with 87% precision.
  • Two NHS-funded trials in the UK and parallel studies in the US and China are now underway to broaden clinical validation.
  • The minimally invasive assay requires only common hospital reagents and a small blood sample, and a Proteotype Ltd. spin-off is developing its commercial platform.