Enhanced drug classification using machine learning with multiplexed cardiac contractility assays

Cardiac screening of newly discovered drugs remains a longstanding challenge for the pharmaceutical industry. While therapeutic efficacy and cardiotoxicity are evaluated through preclinical biochemical and animal testing, 90 % of lead compounds fail to meet safety and efficacy benchmarks during huma...

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Main Authors: Reza Aghavali (Author), Erin G. Roberts (Author), Yosuke K. Kurokawa (Author), Erica Mak (Author), Martin Y.C. Chan (Author), Andy O.T. Wong (Author), Ronald A. Li (Author), Kevin D. Costa (Author)
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Published: Elsevier, 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:Cardiac screening of newly discovered drugs remains a longstanding challenge for the pharmaceutical industry. While therapeutic efficacy and cardiotoxicity are evaluated through preclinical biochemical and animal testing, 90 % of lead compounds fail to meet safety and efficacy benchmarks during human clinical trials. A preclinical model more representative of the human cardiac response is needed; heart tissue engineered from human pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes offers such a platform. In this study, three functionally distinct and independently validated engineered cardiac tissue assays are exposed to increasing concentrations of known compounds representing 5 classes of mechanistic action, creating a robust electrophysiology and contractility dataset. Combining results from six individual models, the resulting ensemble algorithm can classify the mechanistic action of unknown compounds with 86.2 % predictive accuracy. This outperforms single-assay models and offers a strategy to enhance future clinical trial success aligned with the recent FDA Modernization Act 2.0.
Item Description:1096-1186
10.1016/j.phrs.2024.107459