Benchmarking
is
an
important
step
in
the
improvement,
assessment,
and
comparison
of
performance
drug
discovery
platforms
technologies.
We
revised
existing
benchmarking
protocols
our
Computational
Analysis
Novel
Drug
Opportunities
(CANDO)
multiscale
therapeutic
platform
to
improve
utility
performance.
optimized
multiple
parameters
used
candidate
prediction
assessment
with
these
updated
protocols.
CANDO
ranked
7.4%
known
drugs
top
10
compounds
for
their
respective
diseases/indications
based
on
drug-indication
associations/mappings
obtained
from
Comparative
Toxicogenomics
Database
(CTD)
using
parameters.
This
increased
12.1%
when
mappings
were
Therapeutic
Targets
Database.
Performance
indication
was
weakly
correlated
(Spearman
correlation
coefficient
_>_0.3)
size
(number
associated
indication)
moderately
(correlation
_>_0.5)
compound
chemical
similarity.
There
also
moderate
between
new
original
assessing
per
each
protocol.
results
dependent
source
mapping
used:
a
higher
proportion
indication-associated
recalled
100
(TTD),
which
only
includes
FDA-approved
associations
(in
contrast
CTD,
drawn
literature).
created
compbench,
publicly
available
head-to-head
protocol
that
allows
consistent
different
platforms.
Using
this
protocol,
we
compared
two
pipelines
repurposing
within
CANDO;
primary
pipeline
outperformed
another
similarity-based
still
development
clusters
signatures
Gene
Ontology
terms.
Our
study
sets
precedent
complete,
comprehensive,
comparable
platforms,
resulting
more
accurate
predictions.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Dec. 16, 2024
Benchmarking
is
an
important
step
in
the
improvement,
assessment,
and
comparison
of
performance
drug
discovery
platforms
technologies.
We
revised
existing
benchmarking
protocols
our
Computational
Analysis
Novel
Drug
Opportunities
(CANDO)
multiscale
therapeutic
platform
to
improve
utility
performance.
optimized
multiple
parameters
used
candidate
prediction
assessment
with
these
updated
protocols.
CANDO
ranked
7.4%
known
drugs
top
10
compounds
for
their
respective
diseases/indications
based
on
drug-indication
associations/mappings
obtained
from
Comparative
Toxicogenomics
Database
(CTD)
using
parameters.
This
increased
12.1%
when
mappings
were
Therapeutic
Targets
Database.
Performance
indication
was
weakly
correlated
(Spearman
correlation
coefficient
>0.3)
size
(number
associated
indication)
moderately
(correlation
>0.5)
compound
chemical
similarity.
There
also
moderate
between
new
original
assessing
per
each
protocol.
results
dependent
source
mapping
used:
a
higher
proportion
indication-associated
recalled
100
(TTD),
which
only
includes
FDA-approved
associations
(in
contrast
CTD,
drawn
literature).
created
compbench,
publicly
available
head-to-head
protocol
that
allows
consistent
different
platforms.
Using
this
protocol,
we
compared
two
pipelines
repurposing
within
CANDO;
primary
pipeline
outperformed
another
similarity-based
still
development
clusters
signatures
Gene
Ontology
terms.
Our
study
sets
precedent
complete,
comprehensive,
comparable
platforms,
resulting
more
accurate
predictions.
Benchmarking
is
an
important
step
in
the
improvement,
assessment,
and
comparison
of
performance
drug
discovery
platforms
technologies.
We
revised
existing
benchmarking
protocols
our
Computational
Analysis
Novel
Drug
Opportunities
(CANDO)
multiscale
therapeutic
platform
to
improve
utility
performance.
optimized
multiple
parameters
used
candidate
prediction
assessment
with
these
updated
protocols.
CANDO
ranked
7.4%
known
drugs
top
10
compounds
for
their
respective
diseases/indications
based
on
drug-indication
associations/mappings
obtained
from
Comparative
Toxicogenomics
Database
(CTD)
using
parameters.
This
increased
12.1%
when
mappings
were
Therapeutic
Targets
Database.
Performance
indication
was
weakly
correlated
(Spearman
correlation
coefficient
_>_0.3)
size
(number
associated
indication)
moderately
(correlation
_>_0.5)
compound
chemical
similarity.
There
also
moderate
between
new
original
assessing
per
each
protocol.
results
dependent
source
mapping
used:
a
higher
proportion
indication-associated
recalled
100
(TTD),
which
only
includes
FDA-approved
associations
(in
contrast
CTD,
drawn
literature).
created
compbench,
publicly
available
head-to-head
protocol
that
allows
consistent
different
platforms.
Using
this
protocol,
we
compared
two
pipelines
repurposing
within
CANDO;
primary
pipeline
outperformed
another
similarity-based
still
development
clusters
signatures
Gene
Ontology
terms.
Our
study
sets
precedent
complete,
comprehensive,
comparable
platforms,
resulting
more
accurate
predictions.