Assessing the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of APR-2020 in Pediatric and Adolescent Subjects With RPS19 Deficient Diamond-Blackfan Anemia
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.
4 participants
Apr 16, 2026
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
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.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria10
- Confirmed diagnosis of RPS19-deficient DBA.
- Signed informed consent by the subject or legally authorized representative.
- Bone marrow analysis demonstrating normal cytogenetics except for RPS19-deficient DBA.
- Subjects are between 2 and 18 years of age, inclusive.
- Eligible for allogeneic marrow or stem cell transplant for DBA (non-critical cardiac and hepatic iron overload).
- Corticosteroid resistance
- Transfusion-dependent anemia
- Willingness to return for long-term follow-up
- Adequate renal and pulmonary function
- Able to undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) mobilization and apheresis procedures.
Exclusion Criteria21
- Availability of a suitable, consenting HLA-identical sibling donor.
- Positive viral serology.
- Clinically significant, active bacterial, viral, or fungal infection.
- Any prior or current malignancy, myeloproliferative disorder, or myelodysplastic syndrome, except where therapy was curative excision (ie, in situ squamous cell carcinoma).
- Any concerning molecular or cytogenetic abnormalities in hematopoietic cells.
- Previous receipt of an allogeneic transplant or gene therapy.
- Immediate family member with a known or suspected Familial Cancer Syndrome (including, but not limited to breast, colorectal, ovarian, prostate, and pancreatic cancers, excluding DBA).
- Diagnosis of significant psychiatric disorder that could impact the subject's ability to participate in the study, in the opinion of the Investigator.
- History of complex allo-immunization, as determined by the Investigator.
- Women who are lactating/breast feeding or who plan to breastfeed within 6 months following APR-2020 infusion.
- Men and females of childbearing potential who are unwilling to practice highly effective methods of birth control through the duration of the study.
- Females with a positive serum pregnancy test at Screening or who are planning to become pregnant during the study period.
- Liver disease, as evidenced by critical iron overload with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Heart disease or Type 1 diabetes.
- Evidence of significant pulmonary hypertension, per Investigator assessment.
- Any other condition that would render the subject ineligible for HSCT, as determined by Investigator.
- Contraindication to stem cell or bone marrow aspiration, mobilization or collection including allergies to filgrastim or plerixafor.
- Currently enrolled in another investigational drug study or received an investigational study drug or procedure within 90 days of study enrollment.
- A physical or emotional status that would prevent giving informed consent, protocol compliance, or adequate follow-up.
- An assessment by the Investigator that the subject or parents of the subject will not comply with the study procedures outlined in the study protocol.
- Taking prohibited medications.
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Interventions
The drug product (DP) is designated as APR-2020 and is composed of autologous human CD34+ cells derived from each clinical patient with RPS19-deficient DBA that have been transduced ex vivo with the drug substance.
Locations(2)
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NCT07476183