Leukemia Clinical Trial
Official title:
Testing the Diagnostic Supremacy of Sequencing-only Approaches in Hematologic Malignancies: an Observational Trial
During the last decades hematologists have excelled at improving and refining the classification, diagnosis, and thus ultimately the therapeutic decision-making process for their patients. This continuous evolution proceeded in parallel to seminal discoveries in basic science such as FISH, PCR and NGS. So far, the current WHO classification serves as reference to diagnostic decision making and is largely based on 5 diagnostic pillars: cytomorphology of peripheral blood and/or bone marrow smears, histology and immunohistochemistry of bone marrow trephine biopsies or lymph nodes, immunophenotyping, chromosome banding analysis supplemented by FISH analysis, molecular genetics including PCR and targeted panel sequencing via NGS. This leads to a swift diagnosis in 90 % of all cases. The leftover 10 % remain a challenge for hematopathologists and clinicians alike and are resolved through interdisciplinary teams in the context of specialized boards. With the advent of high throughput sequencing (mainly WGS and WTS) the possibility of a comprehensive and detailed portrait of the genetic alterations - specifically in challenging cases - has become a realistic alternative to classical methods. In SIRIUS the investigators will prospectively challenge this hypothesis to address the question of how often a better or final diagnosis can be delivered by WGS and/or WTS and if unclear cases can be efficiently resolved.
1. Background and Rationale Treatment of hematological diseases relies on a single cardinal prerequisite: correct classification within the broad specter of malignant diseases arising from the hematopoietic system. With the ever-expanding availability of distinct yet complementary diagnostic tools, our understanding of the landscape of hematological diseases steadily increases. As such, the current consensus classification as summarized through the WHO classification (2017) represents a compass guiding diagnostic algorithms to the correct diagnosis. Today, the gold standard of routine diagnostic process relies on five methodological pillars: cytomorphology, histology, chromosomal cytogenetics, immunophenotyping, and molecular genetic testing. This leads to a treatment enabling diagnosis in the vast majority of cases. However, approximately 10 % of cases remain unresolved from a diagnostic point of view and hence do not lead to a satisfactory diagnosis according to current WHO standards (2017). The investigators intend to solve this issue to provide illuminating diagnostic guidance for the best possible patient´s care. 2. Objectives To address this problem, the investigators hypothesize that novel high throughput sequencing methods, e.g., whole genome and/or whole transcriptome sequencing are able - by virtue of painting a more delicate genetic portrait of a tumor sample - to provide a more accurate diagnosis. To this end the investigators generated a reference collection of 5,500 samples with the full spectrum of hematological malignancies, for which the investigators performed whole-genome sequencing as well as whole-transcriptome sequencing. Moreover, gold standard diagnoses according to WHO classification with all needed techniques, all performed in MLL, clinical data and therapy response data are fully available for these cases. The main advantage of this reference collection consists of the unambiguity of each diagnosis, providing a reference framework for any further classification and diagnosis especially in difficult cases. Therefore, SIRIUS will compare the diagnostic superiority of WGS or WTS to the combined approach with gold standard results and by matching the obtained results to the nearest "digital sibling" within our reference cohort of more than 5,500 WGS and WTS (both in 93% of cases). To this end, the investigators will use an inhouse developed matching algorithm, which is able to match genomic or transcriptomic profiles to a group of similar cases and gold standard results from timepoint of this study. Current workflows intended to generate WTS/WGS data from patient samples - all while fulfilling state of the art accreditation (ISO 15189) - require up to 5 - 7 days. This is largely comparable to classical methods but holds the promise to replace error prone and arduous iterations in the methodological work up. The objective is to test whether WTS and/or WGS based approaches can surpass classical methods regarding diagnostic precision and routine reliability. Here the investigators will test this hypothesis in a prospective real-world setting under diagnostically difficult circumstances. ;
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