Natera Presents Data at ESMO GI on its Tissue-Free Latitude MRD Assay, Demonstrating Excellent Overall Performance in Colorectal Cancer

Published: 2025-07-08 11:07:26 ET NTRA

Published on 07/08/2025 at 11:07

AUSTIN, Texas - Natera, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRA), a global leader in cell-free DNA and precision medicine, announced data from a colorectal cancer (CRC) study of its tissue-free Latitude MRD assay, which were presented at the 2025 European Society for Medical Oncology GI Congress (ESMO GI).

The clinical performance of the assay was analyzed in a cohort of 200 patients (>1,300 plasma samples) with resectable stage I-IV colorectal cancer. Samples were derived from the GALAXY arm of the CIRCULATE-Japan study, one of the largest and most comprehensive prospective studies of MRD testing in resectable CRC.

Key results include: Excellent clinical sensitivity to recurrence: The Latitude assay detected recurrence with 58% sensitivity in the post-surgical MRD window and 81% sensitivity in the surveillance setting, with median diagnostic lead time of 4.6 months.

High clinical specificity: In the surveillance setting, patient-level specificity was 92%, and sample-level specificity was 97%.

Highly prognostic of recurrence risk: MRD positivity was significantly associated with inferior outcomes during both the MRD (HR: 10, p