Monday, February 22, 2010

Aprea starts Phase I study with APR-246

A patient who did not respond to treatment has entered the following clinical trial, I thought it might be of interest and have posted the link.

Aprea starts Phase I study with APR-246

The MPA approval, on April 8, 2009, for Aprea to start the Phase I study meant that the company could go ahead and start the study with their first CD (APR-246, also denoted PRIMA-1MET in the literature). Patients started to be included in June 2009.

This study, APR-246-01, is a first-in-man, multi-center, open label, non-comparative, phase I, dose escalating study of APR-246 infusions in patients with refractory hematologic malignancies or prostate carcinoma.

During the treatment phase, the patient will receive APR-246 treatment on four consecutive days as a 2-hour daily intravenous infusion. The treatment phase will be followed by a 17 days follow-up phase to reveal any late adverse effects. The patient’s total duration in the study will be 21 days.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear Mark,
Great that you published the information I sent to you. The European Medicines Agency recommendds Orphan Drug Designation for APR-246 in AML(Pressrelease, February 18: http://www.presskontakt.se/pressreleaser/visa/pressrelease/209415/aprea-the-european/FA64855B-B830-0840-4936-86C2BB83AA85). My father in law has T-PLL and he will soon enter the clinical trial. I hope APR-246 can help him, but if not - I hope that his participation will lead the research and development forward.
Best regards from Sweden

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