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Aprea Therapeutics Reports Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Provides Business Update
Enrollment commenced in the ACESOT-1051 Phase 1 trial evaluating APR-1051 – no myelosuppression observed in the first of eight planned cohorts at
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[{"type":"text","content":"Enrollment commenced in the ACESOT-1051 Phase 1 trial evaluating APR-1051 – no myelosuppression observed in the first of eight planned cohorts at sub-therapeutic dose $28.7 million in cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2024 with cash runway extended into Q4 2025 DOYLESTOWN, Pa., Aug. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aprea Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: APRE) (“Aprea”, or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on precision oncology through synthetic lethality, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024, and provided a business update. “Aprea continues to make excellent progress advancing its clinical pipeline of therapeutic candidates,” said Oren Gilad, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Aprea. “We initiated enrollment in the ACESOT-1051 trial, advancing a second clinical asset in our pipeline, APR-1051. APR-1051 is a next-generation inhibitor of WEE1 kinase which has been designed to limit toxicity. Based on its unique characteristics, we believe it could be best in class. We continue to enroll patients in the ABOYA-119 trial evaluating ATRN-119, our ATR inhibitor. We believe that our ongoing progress positions Aprea at the forefront of synthetic lethality drug development. We remain committed to developing new treatments that have a positive impact on the lives of cancer patients while creating value for our shareholders.” Key Business Updates and Potential Upcoming Key Milestones ACESOT-1051: A Biomarkers Focused, Phase 1 Trial of Oral WEE1 inhibitor, APR-1051, initiated APR-1051 is a potent and selective small molecule that has been designed to potentially solve liabilities and may achieve greater clinical activity than other WEE1 programs currently in development. Aprea is advancing APR-1051 as monotherapy in cancers with Cyclin E over expression, as well as other biomarkers that are predicted to be sensitive to WEE1 inhibition. Cancers overexpressing Cyclin E represent a high unmet medical need. Patients with Cyclin E overexpression have poor prognosis and, currently, have no effective therapies.In June 2024, enrollment commenced in the ACESOT-1051 (A Multi-Center Evaluation of WEE1 Inhibitor in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors, APR-1051) Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating single-agent APR-1051 in advanced solid tumors harboring cancer-associated gen...