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Aprea Therapeutics Announces Acceptance of Abstracts at American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024

DOYLESTOWN, Pa., March 05, 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 announced four poster presentations at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, to take place April 5 to 10, 2024 in San Diego, CA. The posters will cover ATRN-119, Aprea’s novel macrocyclic ATR inhibitor, and APR-1051, its next generation inhibitor of WEE1 kinase.

Presentation Details  
   
Title: First-in-human phase 1 study of WEE1 inhibitor APR-1051 in patients with advanced solid tumors harboring cancer-associated gene alterations
Presenter Nadeem Q. Mirza, MD, MPH
Session Title: First-in-Human Phase I Clinical Trials 2
Date and Time: Tuesday Apr 9, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT
Location: Poster Section 48
Poster Board Number: 23
Abstract Presentation Number: CT195
   
Title: First-in-human phase 1/2a trial of a macrocyclic ATR inhibitor (ATRN-119) in patients with advanced solid tumors
Presenter Nadeem Q. Mirza, MD, MPH
Session Title: First-in-Human Phase I Clinical Trials 2
Date and Time: Tuesday Apr 9, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT
Location: Poster Section 48
Poster Board Number: 24
Abstract Presentation Number: CT196
   
Title: The novel WEE1i, APR-1051, is a potentially well tolerated and effective treatment for cyclin E-overexpressing cancers
Presenter: Molly Hansbarger
Session Category: Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics
Session Title: DNA Damage and Repair Session
Date and Time: Wednesday Apr 10, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT
Location: Poster Section 22
Poster Board Number: 16
Published Abstract Number: 7121
   
Title: Convection enhanced delivery of a novel ATR inhibitor synergizes with systemic lomustine for improved treatment of glioblastoma
Presenter: Teresa Lee, Ph.D
Session Category: Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics
Session Title: DNA Damage and Repair
Session Date and Time: Wednesday Apr 10, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT
Location: Poster Section 22
Poster Board Number: 12
Published Abstract Number: 7117
   

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. For more information, please visit the company website at www.aprea.com.

The Company may use, and intends to use, its investor relations website at https://ir.aprea.com/ as a means of disclosing material nonpublic information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD.

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Investor Contact:

Mike Moyer
LifeSci Advisors
mmoyer@lifesciadvisors.com


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