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Granted Patent B2
US 12,258,635 · App. 18/418,781 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Methods for sequencing samples

Inventors: Dietrich Stephan (San Francisco, CA); Vern Norviel (San Francisco, CA); Janet Warrington (Los Altos, CA); Doug Dolginow (Basalt, CO)
Assignee: Aqtual, Inc.
C12Q1/6886G01N33/57484C12Q2600/106C12Q2600/112C12Q2600/136C12Q2600/142C12Q2600/154C12Q2600/156C12Q2600/158C12Q2600/16
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Patent No.
US 12,258,635
App. No.
18/418,781
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Personalized medicine involves the use of a patient's molecular markers to guide treatment regimens for the patient. The scientific literature provides multiple examples of correlations between drug treatment efficacy and the presence or absence of molecular markers in a patient sample. Methods are provided herein that permit efficient dissemination of scientific findings regarding treatment efficacy and molecular markers found in patient tumors to health care providers.

Claims (32)

1. A method of analyzing cell-free deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) comprising:

(a) obtaining a cell-free DNA sample from a subject; and

(b) detecting methylation of a gene in DNA of said cell-free DNA sample using massively parallel sequencing, wherein said massively parallel sequencing comprises use of reversibly terminating nucleotides.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said DNA is of a tumor.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein (a) comprises isolating said cell-free DNA sample from blood obtained from said subject.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said subject has or is suspected of having a lung cancer, a non-small-cell lung cancer, a breast cancer, a prostate cancer, a gastric cancer, a head and neck cancer, an advanced gastric adenocarcinoma, a squamous cell carcinoma, a pancreatic adenocarcinoma, Hodgkin's Disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a testicular carcinoma, a colon cancer, a rectal cancer, an esophageal cancer, a hepatocellular carcinoma, a cholangiocarcinoma, a chronic myeloid leukemia, a chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a small lymphocytic lymphoma, or a follicular lymphoma.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said gene comprises an Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) gene.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein said EGFR gene comprises a mutation in exons 18-21.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said gene comprises a Serine/Threonine Kinase B-Raf Proto-Oncogene (BRAF) gene.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein said BRAF gene encodes a V600E mutation.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein said gene comprises GTPase KRAS Proto-Oncogene (KRAS).

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein said KRAS comprises a mutation in exon 2.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein said gene comprises a Phosphatase And Tensin Homolog (PTEN) gene.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein said gene comprises a Receptor Tyrosine Kinase KIT Proto-Oncogene (KIT) gene.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein said KIT gene comprises an activating mutation.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein said gene comprises a Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate 3-Kinase Catalytic Subunit Alpha (PIK3CA) gene.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein said gene comprises a promoter.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein said methylation is associated with silencing of said gene.

17. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a report comprising a treatment option, wherein said treatment option is based at least partially on said methylation.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein said treatment option comprises a drug treatment selected from the group consisting of imatinib, cetuximab, panitumumab, 5-FU, and temozolomide.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein said treatment option comprises an adjuvant therapy.

20. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a report, wherein said report comprises a technique used for detecting said methylation.

21. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting methylation of said gene is performed in a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certified laboratory.

22. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

(c) obtaining an additional sample after obtaining said cell-free DNA sample, wherein said additional sample comprises nucleic acid;

and

(d) detecting methylation of said nucleic acid using additional massively parallel sequencing, wherein said additional massively parallel sequencing comprises use of reversibly terminating nucleotides.

23. The method of claim 22 , further comprising:

(e) comparing said methylation of said gene in said DNA of said cell-free DNA sample and said methylation of said nucleic acid of said additional sample;

(f) determining a disease progression of said subject based on (e); and

(g) generating a report comprising a treatment option, wherein said treatment option is provided in said report based at least partially on said disease progression.

24. The method of claim 22 , wherein said additional sample is a cell-free DNA sample.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 7, 2024
From: BLOODQ, INC.
To: AQTUAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 066761/0440 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2024
From: AUEON, INC.
To: BLOODQ, INC.
Reel/Frame 066658/0277 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2024
From: TOMA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
To: AUEON, INC.
Reel/Frame 066623/0571 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: AUEON, INC.
To: TOMA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
Reel/Frame 066595/0365 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2024
From: STEPHAN, DIETRICH; NORVIEL, VERN; WARRINGTON, JANET; DOLGINOW, DOUG
To: AUEON, INC.
Reel/Frame 066580/0885 →
Continuity (10)
Continuation 16154307 · Oct 8, 2018
Continuation 15183655 · Jun 15, 2016
Division 14927254 · Oct 29, 2015
Continuation 14075996 · Nov 8, 2013
Continuation 13060425
Provisional Application 61231287 · Aug 4, 2009
Provisional Application 61173179 · Apr 27, 2009
Provisional Application 61155477 · Feb 25, 2009
Provisional Application 61094855 · Sep 5, 2008
Related Publication 20240158868A1 · May 16, 2024
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