Three additional patients with Fanconi Anemia treated with briquilimab prior to stem cell transplant
All six patients with Fanconi Anemia treated with briquilimab achieved full donor engraftment and full blood count recovery and briquilimab was well tolerated
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jasper Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: JSPR) (Jasper), a biotechnology company focused on development of briquilimab, a novel antibody therapy targeting c-Kit (CD117) to address mast cell driven diseases such as chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) and chronic inducible urticaria (CIndU), announced additional positive Phase 1b/2a data on briquilimab as a conditioning agent in the treatment of Fanconi Anemia (FA).
The data was presented at the 2024 Stanford Medicine Center for Definitive and Curative Medicine Symposium on March 13, 2024, in Palo Alto, California.
The ongoing investigator initiated Phase 1b/2a clinical trial is evaluating a conditioning regimen that includes intravenous briquilimab as a potential treatment for FA patients in bone marrow failure. Data from the study show that briquilimab infusion has a promising safety profile and appears to be well tolerated in patients with FA, with all six patients treated achieving full donor engraftment and full blood count recovery.
“We continue to be encouraged by the results from Stanford Medicine's Phase 1b/2a study in Fanconi Anemia, which demonstrates the potential of briquilimab to serve as a key component of non-toxic conditioning regimens for stem cell transplant,” said Edwin Tucker, Chief Medical Officer of Jasper. “We’d like thank our collaborators at Stanford Medicine for their work evaluating briquilimab in this vulnerable patient population.”
About Briquilimab
Briquilimab (formerly JSP191) is a targeted aglycosylated monoclonal antibody that blocks stem cell factor from binding to the cell-surface receptor c-Kit, also known as CD117, thereby inhibiting signaling through the receptor. This inhibition disrupts the critical survival signal, leading to the depletion of the mast cells via apoptosis which removes the underlying source of the inflammatory response in mast cell driven diseases such as chronic urticaria. Jasper is currently conducting clinical studies of briquilimab as a treatment in patients with CSU or with CIndU. Briquilimab is also currently in clinical studies as a treatment for patients with LR-MDS and as a conditioning agent for cell and gene therapies for rare diseases. To date, briquilimab has a demonstrated efficacy and safety profile in more than 145 dosed participants and healthy volunteers, with clinical outcomes as a conditioning agent in severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), FA, and sickle cell disease (SCD).
About Fanconi Anemia
Fanconi Anemia (FA) is a rare but serious blood disorder that prevents the bone marrow from making sufficient new red blood cells. The disorder can also cause the bone marrow to make abnormal blood cells. FA typically presents at birth or early in childhood between five and ten years of age. Ultimately, it can lead to serious complications, including bone marrow failure and severe aplastic anemia. Cancers such as acute AML and MDS are other possible complications. Treatment may include blood transfusions or medicine to create more red blood cells, but a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) is currently the only cure.
About Phase 1/2 clinical trial (NCT04784052)
The Stanford sponsored, investigator initiated Phase 1/2 study is an open-label clinical trial evaluating briquilimab as a potential treatment for FA patients in bone marrow failure (BMF) requiring allogeneic transplant. Utilizing briquilimab, the regimen eliminates the need for busulfan chemotherapy or total body irradiation. Participants with FA with BMF receive allo-HCT with TCRαβ+ T-cell/CD19+ B-cell depleted hematopoietic grafts from 10/10 unrelated, 9/10 unrelated or haploidentical family donors. A 0.6 mg/kg dose of briquilimab is administered in combination with standard FA dosing of anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG), cyclophosphamide, fludarabine, and rituximab as lymphodepletion. The primary outcomes include safety, efficacy, and engraftment success.
About Jasper
Jasper is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing briquilimab, a monoclonal antibody targeting c-Kit (CD117) as a therapeutic for chronic mast and stem cell diseases such as chronic urticaria and lower to intermediate risk MDS and as a conditioning agent for stem cell transplants for rare diseases such as SCD, FA and SCID. To date, briquilimab has a demonstrated efficacy and safety profile in more than 145 dosed participants and healthy volunteers, with clinical outcomes as a conditioning agent in SCID, acute myeloid leukemia, MDS, FA, and SCD. For more information, please visit us at www.jaspertherapeutics.com.
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