New regulatory thinking is needed for AI-based personalised drug and cell therapies in precision oncology

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Contributors

  • Gabriele Breda - , ProductLifeGroup, Paris (Joint first author)
  • Bouchra Derraz - , ProductLifeGroup, Paris, Université Paris-Saclay (First author)
  • Christoph Kaempf - , Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (Author)
  • Franziska Baenke - , Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery (Author)
  • Fabienne Cotte - , University Hospital Gießen and Marburg (Author)
  • Kristin Reiche - , Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (ScaDS.AI) Dresden/Leipzig, University Hospital Leipzig (Author)
  • Ulrike Köhl - , Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, University Hospital Leipzig (Author)
  • Jakob Nikolas Kather - , Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Department of internal Medicine I (Author)
  • Deborah Eskenazy - , Université Paris-Saclay (Author)
  • Stephen Henry Gilbert - , Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Last author)

Abstract

Until recently the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in precision oncology was confined to activities in drug development and had limited impact on the personalisation of therapy. Now, a number of approaches have been proposed for the personalisation of drug and cell therapies with AI applied to therapy design, planning and delivery at the patient’s bedside. Some drug and cell-based therapies are already tuneable to the individual to optimise efficacy, to reduce toxicity, to adapt the dosing regime, to design combination therapy approaches and, preclinically, even to personalise the receptor design of cell therapies. Developments in AI-based healthcare are accelerating through the adoption of foundation models, and generalist medical AI models have been proposed. The application of these approaches in therapy design is already being explored and realistic short-term advances include the application to the personalised design and delivery of drugs and cell therapies. With this pace of development, the limiting step to adoption will likely be the capacity and appropriateness of regulatory frameworks. This article explores emerging concepts and new ideas for the regulation of AI-enabled personalised cancer therapies in the context of existing and in development governance frameworks.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number23
Journalnpj Precision Oncology
Volume8
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 30 Jan 2024
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0001-9389-4688/work/152545456
PubMed 38291217
unpaywall 10.1038/s41698-024-00517-w
Scopus 85183860984

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals