RE: Hangover19 Oct 2023 09:01
CiRT
The potential benefits from CiRT include:
FIRST OF IT'S KIND
The EpiSwitch CiRT is a first-of-its-kind blood test that accurately predicts an individual cancer patient's therapeutic response to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), providing unique benefits for physicians in treatment planning and navigating complex decisions [1,2].
STATE OF THE ART PERSONALISED GUIDANCE
ICIs offer a real hope of durable disease control for some patients. Despite pre-screening with current standard tests such as tumor PD-L1 expression, these costly ICIs offer a long-term survival advantage to less than 1 in 4 patients [3], and many may become seriously ill and require hospital admission. Under this new agreement between Bupa and OBD, Bupa health insurance customers who are being considered for immunotherapy with an anti-PD-1/L1 ICI will be offered the CiRT test, ensuring their doctor receives state-of-the-art personalized guidance to inform their treatment plan.
SPARING PATIENTS FROM SIDE EFFECTS OF INEFFECTIVE ICI TREATMENTS
The partnership underscores the shared vision of Bupa and OBD to improve the quality of patient care, while sparing many individuals from unwarranted side effects from ICI treatments that are ineffective for them.