METHYLOMIC
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DNA methylation markers to predict treatment success of biologicals in Crohn’s d...
Monoclonal antibodies have become a mainstay of therapy in common immune-mediated diseases (IMID) including Crohn’s disease (CD), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and psoriasis (PsO). Current therapeutics include antibodies (biologicals...
Monoclonal antibodies have become a mainstay of therapy in common immune-mediated diseases (IMID) including Crohn’s disease (CD), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and psoriasis (PsO). Current therapeutics include antibodies (biologicals) targeting inflammatory proteins such as Tumor Necrosis Factor (adalimumab), leukocyte trafficking (vedolizumab), or IL-12/IL-23 (ustekinumab). At present however, it cannot be predicted which biological will be effective in an individual patient, with only <40% of patients showing primary response to any given therapeutic. Treatment failure is associated with disease complications, and increased health care costs.. Hence the overwhelming need for predictive biomarkers to guide personalised medicine in IMID is evident. No biomarker to target therapy is validated in clinical practice.
In METHYLOMIC, we build on multiple previous cohort studies in which we confirmed epigenetic biomarkers (specifically DNA methylation) as the most stringent predictor of response to biological therapy, zooming in on CD. Specifically, we discovered and validated differential DNA methylation profiles in peripheral blood as biomarkers of response/deep remission for 3 approved biologicals in CD. Through the use of machine learning algorithms, treatment response could be predicted with up to 93% accuracy for each biological for CD, and RA.
METHYLOMICS is committed to bringing personalised treatment-selection in CD and other IMID to clinical practice. We have teamed up clinical, epigenetic, and DNA diagnostics experts, patient organisations, and companies across Europe, for further validation studies, develop a marketable rapid targeted methylation assay that we than validate in a unique prospective randomised clinical trial for CD. Efficiency and cost-effectiveness is assessed in great detail and regulatory approval is guided by experts to assure delivery of the first epigenetic kit personalised treatment of CD.
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Duración del proyecto: 49 meses
Fecha Inicio: 2022-11-24
Fecha Fin: 2026-12-31
Fecha Fin: 2026-12-31
Línea de financiación: concedida
El organismo HORIZON EUROPE notifico la concesión del proyecto el día 2022-11-24
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9M€
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Academisch Medisch Centrum AMC
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4-5
Perfil tecnológico
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4-5
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