DOYLESTOWN, Pa., Oct. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aprea Therapeutics, Inc. ( APRE) (“Aprea”, or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on precision oncology through synthetic lethality, today announced that four abstracts have been accepted for poster presentation at the EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, to take place in Barcelona, Spain, October 23 - 25, 2024. Details on the posters are below.
"We are very pleased to have these posters featured at the upcoming EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium, showcasing the ongoing progress in our oncology pipeline of DNA damage response (DDR) inhibitors," said Oren Gilad, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Aprea. "This symposium provides a great opportunity to share updates on our two clinical stage candidates, APR-1051 and ATRN-119, with the international oncology community.”
Poster Details
| Clinical: | ||
| Title: | Safety and Preliminary Efficacy of APR-1051, a WEE1 Inhibitor, in a Phase 1 Study of Patients with Cancer-Associated Gene Alterations (ACESOT-1051) | |
| Session date/ time: | Wednesday, October 23rd, 12:00 - 19:00 CET | |
| Location: | Exhibition Hall | |
| Poster #: | 77 | |
| Title: | ATRN-119, a Novel Macrocyclic ATR Inhibitor, in Patients with Advanced Solid Malignancies: A Phase 1/2a Trial (ABOYA-119) | |
| Session date/ time: | Friday, October 25th, 09:00 - 15:00 CET | |
| Location: | Exhibition Hall | |
| Poster#: | 348 | |
| Preclinical | ||
| Title: | The novel WEE1i, APR-1051, does not substantially off-target PLK1, PLK2, or PLK3 and exhibits favorable in vivo characteristics for treating CCNE1-overexpressing cancers | |
| Session date/ time: | Friday, October 25th, 09:00 - 15:00 CET | |
| Location: | Exhibition Hall | |
| Poster #: | 335 | |
| Title: | Development and testing of a first-in-class series of macrocyclic ATR inhibitors for cancer treatment | |
| Session date/ time: | Friday, October 25th, 09:00 - 15:00 CET | |
| Location: | Exhibition Hall | |
| Poster #: | 336 | |
Copies of the posters will be available on the “Investor Resources” page of the Aprea corporate website at the conclusion of the meeting.
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About Aprea
Aprea Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, focused on precision oncology through synthetic lethality. The Company’s lead program is ATRN-119, a clinical-stage small molecule ATR inhibitor in development for solid tumor indications. APR-1051, an oral, small-molecule WEE1 inhibitor, recently entered the clinic. For more information, please visit the company website https://aprea.com/.
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