Aprea developed eprenetapopt, a drug meant to restore the function of mutant p53, which failed its phase 3 trial in TP53-mutant myelodysplastic syndromes in 2020; the company now works on ATR and WEE1 inhibitors.
Aprea Therapeutics, founded in Stockholm and now based in Doylestown, Pennsylvania and listed on Nasdaq, developed eprenetapopt (APR-246), a small molecule intended to refold mutant p53 into its active form. Combined with azacitidine it produced encouraging phase 2 remissions in TP53-mutant myelodysplastic syndromes, but the phase 3 trial missed its complete remission endpoint in December 2020. The company pivoted to DNA damage response drugs, including the ATR inhibitor ATRN-119 and a WEE1 inhibitor. It appears on OnCo as a lead sponsor of phase 3 cancer trials on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Eprenetapopt (APR-246) was a drug meant to refold mutant p53, the most common broken protein in cancer. Its phase 3 in blood cancer failed in 2020.
Shares Myelodysplastic syndromes / neoplasms (MDS), Acute myeloid leukaemia.
Shares Myelodysplastic syndromes / neoplasms (MDS), Acute myeloid leukaemia.
Shares Myelodysplastic syndromes / neoplasms (MDS), Acute myeloid leukaemia.
Shares Myelodysplastic syndromes / neoplasms (MDS), Acute myeloid leukaemia.
Shares Myelodysplastic syndromes / neoplasms (MDS), Acute myeloid leukaemia.
Shares Myelodysplastic syndromes / neoplasms (MDS), Acute myeloid leukaemia.
Shares Myelodysplastic syndromes / neoplasms (MDS), Acute myeloid leukaemia.
Shares Myelodysplastic syndromes / neoplasms (MDS), Acute myeloid leukaemia.