STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – June 3, 2020. Karolinska Development AB’s (Nasdaq Stockholm: KDEV) portfolio company Aprea Therapeutics announced today that it has completed enrollment in a Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating eprenetapopt with azacitidine for the treatment of front-line TP53 mutant myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Topline results are expected by year-end 2020. Aprea plans to include the results of the trial in a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. FDA and a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the EMA in 2021.
The randomized, controlled pivotal Phase 3 trial is designed to evaluate eprenetapopt with azacitidine compared with azacitidine alone as front-line therapy in intermediate, high, and very high risk TP53 mutant MDS patients. The multi-center trial enrolled 154 patients, randomized 1:1 to the two arms with a primary endpoint of CR rate. The trial has 90% power with P-value < 0.05 to detect a difference in CR rates of 50% in the eprenetapopt-containing arm versus 25% in the azacitidine-only control arm.
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Viktor Drvota, CEO, Karolinska Development AB
Phone: +46 73 982 52 02, e-mail: viktor.drvota@karolinskadevelopment.com
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