NEW YORK – AI-driven cancer detection firm Freenome said this week that it has begun a prospective clinical trial to clinically validate the multi-omic and epigenomic test it has developed for blood-based detection of colorectal cancer and pre-cancerous lesions.
The trial, called PREEMPT CRC, will enroll 14,000 asymptomatic, average-risk patients between the ages of 45 and 85 undergoing a screening colonoscopy, and is intended to support a bid for premarket approval by the US Food and Drug Administration.