World Lung Conference Features Data Demonstrating Clinical Utility And Cost Effectiveness Of TrovaGene’s Liquid Biopsy Tests For Mutation Detection And Monitoring In NSCLC Patients

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Trovagene, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROV), a developer of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) molecular diagnostics, announced today that the use of their Precision Cancer Monitoring (PCM) technology for both urine and plasma EGFR mutation testing yielded significantly greater detection sensitivity than tissue testing alone. Data will be presented at the 17th World Conference on Lung Cancer, December 4-7 in Vienna, Austria.

Trovagene’s abstract entitled, A Highly Sensitive Next Generation Sequencing Platform for Detection of NSCLC EGFR T790M in Urine and Plasma, was selected for an oral presentation. This presentation will include data showing a 95% overall detection rate of EGFR T790M by combined urine and plasma versus 83% detection by tissue testing. Additionally, the detection rate in intrathoracic lung cancer disease, in the absence of distant metastases, was an unprecedented 93%. This data further validates the high sensitivity of Trovagene’s, Trovera urine and blood liquid biopsy test to identify the EGFR T790M resistance mutation in patients with late-stage non-small cell lung cancer progressing on 1^st or 2^nd generation TKIs.

Two additional abstracts, one a case series, focus on recent work demonstrating that EGFR ctDNA can serve as an early indicator of therapeutic response, providing valuable information particularly in the setting of late-stage patients treated with experimental therapeutics or in patients progressing on therapy. The dynamic changes in ctDNA EGFR systemic load observed in this case series is consistent with previous findings.

A fourth poster presentation will feature cost of care analysis data demonstrating the value of a urine testing strategy (UTS) as a dominant care pathway compared to a tissue testing strategy (TTS) by saving costs and improving progression-free and overall survival for patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

“We are pleased that the data featured at the World Lung Conference further demonstrates very high clinical sensitivity for detecting EGFR mutations when using Trovagene’s technology, both urine and blood liquid biopsy testing. These results suggest that the combination of urine and blood testing yields higher sensitivity than tissue and eliminates the need for a costly and sometimes patient adverse tissue biopsy for the diagnostic workup and clinical management of patients with EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer,” said Mark Erlander, Chief Scientific Officer of Trovagene. “Additionally, the noninvasive nature of urinary liquid biopsy enables the assessment of dynamic changes in systemic ctDNA burden and potentially serves as a biomarker to monitor disease burden and early response to therapy.”

Details of the oral and poster presentations are provided below:
Session Name: Treatment Monitoring in Advanced NSCLC
Date and Time: Tuesday, December 6, 2016 11:00 12:30h
Location: Lehar 3-4
Abstract MA08.01: A Highly Sensitive Next-Generation Sequencing Platform for Detection of NSCLC EGFR T790M Mutation in Urine and Plasma
Lead Author: Heather Wakelee, MD

Session Name: Advanced NSCLC Poster Session
Date and Time: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 14:30 15:45h
Location: Hall B (Poster Area)
Abstract P3.02b-010: Urine Detection of EGFR T790M in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: An Outcomes and Total Cost of Care Analysis
Lead Authors: J. Sands, MD; J. Hornberger, MD

Abstract P3.02b-012: Longitudinal Monitoring of ctDNA EGFR Mutation Burden from Urine Correlates with Patient Response to EGFR TKIs: A Case Series
Lead Authors: N. Tchekmedyian, MD; R. Mudad, MD

Abstract P3.02b-024: Dynamics of EGFR Mutational Load in Urine and Plasma Correlates with Treatment Response in Advanced NSCLC
Lead Authors: J.E. Gray, MD

About Trovagene, Inc.

Headquartered in San Diego, California, Trovagene is leveraging its proprietary Precision Cancer Monitoring® (PCM) technology for the detection and monitoring of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in urine. The Company’s technology detects and quantitates oncogene mutations in cancer patients for improved disease management. Trovagene’s PCM technology is designed to provide important clinical information beyond the current standard of care, and is protected by significant intellectual property including multiple issued patents and pending patent applications globally.

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