Angle Plc. A.I. on the Angle/Illumina lung cancer dual analysis12 Sep 2025 11:33
ANGLE plc has partnered with Illumina to offer an advanced liquid biopsy solution that combines the analysis of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and circulating tumor cell (CTC) DNA from a single blood sample. This dual analysis, known as "dual analysis," utilizes ANGLE's Parsortix system to isolate intact CTCs and Illumina's sequencing platforms and assays to analyze both CTC-DNA and ctDNA. The collaboration has shown significant results in lung cancer research, revealing that CTC-DNA provides crucial biomarkers not found in ctDNA alone, which can improve cancer treatment precision and drug development.
Key aspects of the ANGLE plc and Illumina dual analysis collaboration:
End-to-end solution:
The partnership provides a complete workflow, starting from the Parsortix system for sample preparation to Illumina's NextSeq 2000 platform and specialist assays for DNA analysis.
Dual analysis:
The method involves analyzing two distinct types of tumor-derived material from a single blood sample: ctDNA (fragmented DNA in plasma) and CTC-DNA (DNA from intact circulating tumor cells).
Clinical benefits:
The dual analysis approach offers a more comprehensive view of a patient's tumor biology. It identifies clinically relevant mutations in CTC-DNA that are absent in ctDNA, which is not possible with ctDNA-only analysis.
Application in lung cancer:
A key study on 27 lung cancer patients using an Illumina 79-gene lung cancer panel showed that 100% of treatment-naïve patients and 90% of treated patients had actionable DNA variants only in CTC-DNA.
Enhanced drug development:
This approach provides biopharmaceutical partners with a valuable tool for identifying resistance mechanisms, selecting patients for clinical trials, and potentially reducing the need for invasive tissue biopsies.
Collaboration highlights:
ANGLE has presented data on this dual analysis workflow at an EACR-Illumina webinar, marking the beginning of a co-marketing initiative with Illumina.