A Phase 1, Open-label, Single-arm Study of APR 2020 in Transfusion Dependent, Steroid Resistant Pediatric and Adolescent Subjects With RPS19 Deficient Diamond Blackfan Anemia by Transplantation of Autologous CD34+ Stem Cells Transduced With CLIN LV EFS coRPS19 PRE* (APR-2020)
Apriligen, Inc.
Summary
Brief summary The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if APR-2020 is safe and can help treat Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (DBA) in adolescents and children. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is APR-2020 safe and well tolerated? * Does APR-2020 modify or correct an underlying genetic condition which causes DBA? * Does APR-2020 reduce or eliminate the need for blood transfusions and/or restore certain blood counts affected by DBA? Participants will: * Take the drug one time as an infusion. * Undergo two rounds of a cellular harvest procedure in which their own cells will be used in the manufacturing of their own participant-specific product. * Initially return to the clinic for two years of follow up at increasingly sparse intervals.
Description
This open-label, single-arm study evaluates the safety and efficacy of APR-2020 in transfusion-dependent, steroid-resistant pediatric and adolescent patients with RPS19-deficient Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (DBA). Disease Background: DBA is a congenital bone marrow (BM) failure syndrome characterized by early-onset hypoplastic anemia secondary to selective erythroid aplasia. The cardinal hematologic manifestation is a severe normochromic, macrocytic anemia in the presence of preserved leukocyte and platelet counts. In approximately 90% of affected individuals, hematologic abnormalities manifest w…