Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Estimation of circulating tumor fraction using off-target reads of targeted-panel sequencing
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Application No.: US17179267Application Date: 2021-02-18
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Publication No.: US11211147B2Publication Date: 2021-12-28
- Inventor: Justin David Finkle , Christine Lo , Robert Tell , Wei Zhu , Terri M. Driessen
- Applicant: Tempus Labs, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: Tempus Labs, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Tempus Labs, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Main IPC: G16B30/20
- IPC: G16B30/20 ; G16B20/10

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and software are provided for estimating a circulating tumor fraction for a test subject. Sequence reads are obtained from a panel-enriched sequencing reaction, including sequences for a first plurality of cfDNA fragments corresponding to probe sequences and a second plurality of cfDNA fragments not corresponding to probe sequences. Bin-level coverage ratios are determined from the sequences. Segments are formed by grouping adjacent bins based on similar coverage ratios and segment-level coverage ratios are determined based on bin-level coverage ratios for bins in the segment. For each simulated circulating tumor fraction in a plurality of circulating tumor fractions, segments are fitted to an integer copy state by identifying the integer copy state that best matches the segment-level coverage ratio. The circulating tumor fraction for the test subject is determined using error optimization between segment-level coverage ratios and integer copy states across the simulated circulated tumor fractions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210257055A1 ESTIMATION OF CIRCULATING TUMOR FRACTION USING OFF-TARGET READS OF TARGETED-PANEL SEQUENCING Public/Granted day:2021-08-19
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