Oncology

In the early phases of the discovery of new anticancer compounds, studying the efficacy of the compounds on two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) cell cultures are cost-effective and commonly used methods.

Human tumour xenografts are widely used as pre-clinical models for anticancer drug efficacy in humans. The M30 Apoptosense® ELISA and the M65® ELISA are human specific and thus only measure tumour cell death and not rodent liver toxicity in xenograft models, making them ideal tools for studies on pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics.

In clinical trials, candidate drugs are administered to patients to investigate whether the drug induces cell death in tumours with sufficient efficacy. During this stage of anticancer drug development the M30 Apoptosense® ELISA and the M65® ELISA can be used to follow the time course and efficacy of the administred drugs and to investigate the cell death mechanism, i.e. whether the tumour cells die due to apoptosis or necrosis.

By using the M30 Apoptosense® ELISA and the M65® ELISA, the efficacy of therapy can be demonstrated during the course of treatment. In contrast to other techniques or biomakers, which monitor tumour size and thus change slowly over the time-course of treatment, the rate of cell death is an immediate response of successful therapy indicated within hours or days from induction.