{"title":"Biomarkers for rheumatoid arthritis: making it personal.","authors":"Tamsin M Lindstrom, William H Robinson","doi":"10.3109/00365513.2010.493406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/00365513.2010.493406","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Effective treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been hampered by the heterogeneity of the disease. Although early intervention can result in disease remission, it requires early diagnosis - and current diagnostic tests are not sufficiently accurate or sensitive in the early stages of RA. As a result, RA is typically diagnosed only once damage to the joints has already begun, a time at which the window for optimal treatment may have been missed. Furthermore, a significant proportion of RA patients do not respond to any given therapeutic. Research efforts are increasingly focused on discovery of biomarkers that enable early diagnosis and stratification of RA, and thus the implementation of timely, targeted therapy. Biomarkers have the potential to transform the management of RA by enabling not only early diagnosis, but also assessment and prediction of disease severity, selection of therapy, and monitoring of response to therapy. In this mini review, we discuss the development of molecular biomarkers for RA.</p>","PeriodicalId":76518,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation. Supplementum","volume":"242 ","pages":"79-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/00365513.2010.493406","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29027513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of novel IVD assays: a manufacturer's perspective.","authors":"Thomas A Metcalfe","doi":"10.3109/00365513.2010.493361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/00365513.2010.493361","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>IVD manufacturers are heavily reliant on novel IVD assays to fuel their growth and drive innovation within the industry. They represent a key part of the IVD industry's value proposition to customers and the healthcare industry in general, driving product differentiation, helping to create demand for new systems and generating incremental revenue. However, the discovery of novel biomarkers and their qualification for a specific clinical purpose is a high risk undertaking and the large, risky investments associated with doing this on a large scale are incompatible with IVD manufacturer's business models. This article describes the sources of novel IVD assays, the processes for discovering and qualifying novel assays and the reliance of IVD manufacturers on collaborations and in-licensing to source new IVD assays for their platforms.</p>","PeriodicalId":76518,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation. Supplementum","volume":"242 ","pages":"23-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/00365513.2010.493361","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29027653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cardiac: is this biomarker ready for the prime time?","authors":"Mauro Panteghini","doi":"10.3109/00365513.2010.493394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/00365513.2010.493394","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Today, the increase of the blood concentration of cardiac troponins is designated as surrogate for cardiac necrosis and myocardial infarction, when an appropriate clinical and/or instrumental situation is present. As cardiac troponins reflect myocyte death, biomarkers of reversible myocardial damage in the absence of necrosis are, however, still needed to detect the presence of damage even before the irreversible injury is induced and identify \"vulnerable\" patients before major events occur, permitting adequate treatment. Markers of plaque destabilization and/or markers of myocardial ischemia could be enormously valuable in the emergency department setting if shown to contribute additional independent diagnostic information. However, a new cardiac biomarker is of definitive clinical value only if adequate assays for its measurement are available, its predictive value is defined in the right clinical context, optimal cut-off and release kinetics are known, demonstration of the marker incremental value is clear, there is consistency of marker performance across different settings, and, more importantly, there are data on the effect on patient management and outcome and on cost-effectiveness. Despite the emergence of multiple candidates, sufficient evidence for any of these has yet been demonstrated to recommend their adoption into clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":76518,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation. Supplementum","volume":"242 ","pages":"66-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/00365513.2010.493394","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29027511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical validity: defining biomarker performance.","authors":"Patrick M M Bossuyt","doi":"10.3109/00365513.2010.493383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/00365513.2010.493383","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A central phase in the evaluation of a biomarker is the assessment of its clinical validity. In most cases, clinical validity will be expressed in terms of the marker's diagnostic accuracy: the degree to which it can be used to identify diseased patients or, more generally, patients with the target condition. Diagnostic accuracy is evaluated in diagnostic accuracy studies, in which the biomarker values are compared to the outcome of the clinical reference standard in the same patients. There are several ways in which the results of diagnostic accuracy studies can be summarized, reported, and interpreted. We present an overview and a critical commentary of the available measures. We classify them as error-based measures, information-based measures, and measures of the strength of the association.The diagnostic accuracy is not a fixed property of a marker. All accuracy measures may vary between studies, not just through chance, but also with changes in the definition of the target condition, the spectrum of disease, the setting, and the amount of prior testing. We discuss the relativity of the claim that likelihood ratios are a superior way of expressing the accuracy of biomarkers, and defend the use of the sometimes downgraded statistics sensitivity and specificity.</p>","PeriodicalId":76518,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation. Supplementum","volume":"242 ","pages":"46-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/00365513.2010.493383","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29028127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preanalytical aspects: a neglected issue.","authors":"Hartmut Juhl","doi":"10.3109/00365513.2010.493392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/00365513.2010.493392","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Considerable research data is available that demonstrate that tissues are under tremendous biological stress when surgically separated from the body. This stress significantly changes gene and protein expression profiles, including activation or inhibition of signalling pathways and their receptors. Many of those are possibly involved in growth regulation and might serve as targets or stratification markers for new drugs. Factors that affect tissue dependent cancer research for target discovery and drug development include drug treatment and anesthesia of patients before surgical tissue removal, intrasurgical ischemia by ligation of main arteries, \"cold\" ischemia, i.e. the time interval between surgical removal and fixation of tissue, location of tumor biopsy within a given tumor, processing of tissue and fixation protocols and the availability of comprehensive clinical data. Controlled and rapid tissue processing is a prerequisite for understanding biological differences of patient tumors and to utilize these findings (e.g., cancer pathway activity) for targeted molecular therapies.</p>","PeriodicalId":76518,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation. Supplementum","volume":"242 ","pages":"63-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/00365513.2010.493392","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29028130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biomarkers in the era of personalized medicine - a multiplexed SNP assay using capillary electrophoresis for assessing drug metabolism capacity.","authors":"Alex J Rai, Jessica Yee, Martin Fleisher","doi":"10.3109/00365513.2010.493355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/00365513.2010.493355","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Pharmacogenetics is the study of genetic differences in an individual that leads to variability in drug response. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) prove to be important determinants in evaluating and predicting a patient’s response to certain medications and risk of adverse events. The Cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) gene is particularly important in the metabolism of many clinically prescribed drugs. In this study, we designed a multiplexed panel to interrogate 8 clinically relevant SNPs of CYP2D6 (*2 at C2856G, *2 at G4181C, *3, *4, *5,*6, *7, and *8). We PCR-amplified a 4.7 kB segment of the CYP2D6 locus containing all the SNPs of interest using genomic DNA extracted from whole blood. Using single base extension and capillary electrophoresis separation, peaks corresponding to the SNPs resolve within a 25–60 bp window. We subsequently analyzed 25 samples using this protocol and compared results to traditional DNA sequencing using an ABI 3730. All samples were 100% concordant between the two methods. This assay can be performed with <24 h turnaround time and minimal hands-on effort. This multiplex SNP panel can be used for interrogation of 8 SNPs within the 2D6 gene, with application to identifying poor metabolizers of 2d6. Patients harbouring SNPs in 2D6 could be triaged to alternative therapies in an effort to maximize therapeutic efficacy and reduce adverse drug reactions.","PeriodicalId":76518,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation. Supplementum","volume":"242 ","pages":"15-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/00365513.2010.493355","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29027651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Uwe Scherf, Robert Becker, Maria Chan, Sally Hojvat
{"title":"Approval of novel biomarkers: FDA's perspective and major requests.","authors":"Uwe Scherf, Robert Becker, Maria Chan, Sally Hojvat","doi":"10.3109/00365513.2010.493415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/00365513.2010.493415","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>FDA has been regulating diagnostic tests (including biomarkers) since passage of the Medical Device Amendments of 1976. Although always of interest as diagnostic tools, biomarkers (particularly genetic/genomic) have become of increased interest because of their potential impact on the development and personalized use of drugs. Unfortunately, there seem to be uncertainties among translational researchers as to the specific analytical and clinical measurement criteria needed for the approval of these novel biomarkers. This meeting presentation describes the current FDA perspective and major requirements and data for the validation/approval of an in vitro diagnostic device (IVD) based on a biomarker. The approval process for an IVD based on a biomarker used in the identification of a disease or condition (diagnosing, screening, monitoring) is well established, and is essentially identical to the process to generate sufficient analytical and clinical data for the approval of regular diagnostic devices. On the contrary, approvals for IVDs based on biomarker which may be designed to evaluate the efficacy or answer safety questions for new drug entities are less streamlined. The clinical studies are more complex, resulting in higher ethical standards, increased costs and requiring complex statistical evaluation. There is a small but growing literature on new models for co-development of drugs and diagnostics which will be discussed. Regulators like the FDA develop and bring a flexible regulatory toolbox to the table and are committed to assuring that scientific and regulatory thresholds are tempered to assure rapid access to new technologies while protecting public health.</p>","PeriodicalId":76518,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation. Supplementum","volume":"242 ","pages":"96-102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/00365513.2010.493415","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29027516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hans Ulrich Bergmeyer (1920-1999).","authors":"Walter G Guder","doi":"10.3109/00365513.2010.493437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/00365513.2010.493437","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76518,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation. Supplementum","volume":"242 ","pages":"4-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/00365513.2010.493437","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29027649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Qualification versus validation of biomarkers.","authors":"Jenny Doust","doi":"10.3109/00365513.2010.493380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/00365513.2010.493380","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The phases of research used to evaluate new drugs provide a useful reference point for determining the studies that need to be conducted to evaluate new biomarkers. However, biomarkers do not have a single pathway for changing health outcomes and may be used for a variety of purposes, such as improving diagnostic criteria, improving prognosis, improving the monitoring of disease or as a measurement of health outcomes. The impact on health outcomes is also less direct and is dependent on the sequence of actions taken as a consequence of the test results. The different purposes of biomarkers and the less direct effect on health outcomes require different study designs to those used for the evaluation of pharmaceutical products and a more careful interpretation of results. Greater collaboration between researchers designing laboratory-based qualification studies and researchers designing clinical validation studies could achieve a process of evaluation for biomarkers that is both reliable and efficient.</p>","PeriodicalId":76518,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation. Supplementum","volume":"242 ","pages":"40-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/00365513.2010.493380","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29028125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrating biomarkers: the new frontier?","authors":"Wolfgang Koenig","doi":"10.3109/00365513.2010.493427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/00365513.2010.493427","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Risk stratification for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remains suboptimal even after the introduction of global risk assessment by various scores. This has prompted the search for additional biomarkers which might help to improve risk stratification. Basically, there are blood biomarkers representing various pathophysiological pathways of atherosclerosis, markers of subclinical disease, and potentially genetic markers. Since inflammatory processes accompany all stages of atherosclerosis, measurement of plasma/serum concentrations of circulating inflammatory biomarkers has received great attention. Such biomarkers can be measured systemically by sensitive assays and elevated concentrations in the circulation have been shown to be associated with future CVD events. Thus, they might add to the predictive value of the atherogenic lipoprotein phenotype to further improve CVD risk assessment. In addition, several non-invasive imaging techniques are available for which also a predictive value for CVD could be established, in particular measurement of the intima-media thickness of the carotid artery using high resolution ultrasound and measurements of coronary calcium by coronary computed tomography. However, for most of these biomarkers the clinical utility has not yet been firmly established. This applies even more to an integrated approach combining blood biomarkers and markers of subclinical disease. Thus, more data, preferably from serial measurements in large populations taking also into account new candidates from \"omics\" technology are needed to gain further insight in the potential clinical usefulness of an integrated approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":76518,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation. Supplementum","volume":"242 ","pages":"117-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/00365513.2010.493427","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29029719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}