BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Biodesix today announced that results from the VeriStrat biomarker analysis of a Phase III clinical trial will be presented by David Carbone, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, on Friday, April 30th at the 2nd European Lung Cancer Conference to be held in Geneva, Switzerland. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the ability of VeriStrat to predict patient outcomes to epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) therapy in previously treated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.
The Phase III data will be presented at the IASLC/ESMO Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday, April 30th at 5:45 PM GMT. For more information on the location of the presentations, visit www.esmo.org.
About VeriStrat: VeriStrat is a pretreatment, serum test for patients with advanced NSCLC. The test identifies patients who are likely to have good or poor outcomes after treatment with EGFRIs. Samples are processed in Biodesix’ CLIA accredited laboratory and results are typically reported within 72 hours of sample shipment. VeriStrat has been validated in clinical studies with over 1000 patients. Biodesix is engaging in additional studies to further validate the test and to explore the clinical utility of VeriStrat in other solid epithelial tumors and with other EGFRIs. For more information on VeriStrat or to order VeriStrat, visit www.VeriStratSupport.com or call the VeriStrat Support Hotline at 1-866-432-5930.
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CONTACT: Jennifer Hedrick of Biodesix, +1-303-892-3207,
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