About this trial
The purpose of this study is to find out whether upfront emapalumab treatment can help in sAA (Aplastic Anemia) treatment planning and increase the effectiveness of standard treatment options.
Funding Source- FDA OOPD
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients with severe cytopenias and a hypocellular marrow concerning for sAA
Patients that do not have evidence of leukemia or MDS
Patients < 25 years of age at time of diagnosis
Able to tolerate emapalumab and IST (with standard institutional organ function criteria)
Disqualifiers
Uncontrolled infection at presentation.
Patients who have undergone previous treatment for sAA.
Patients with known inherited bone marrow failure
Patient who has completed a full workup for sAA including having results back from telomere testing, DEB and genetics (when applicable), as well as having an appropriate willing and available donor and would otherwise be admitted for HSCT within 2 weeks of enrolling on the trial
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Emapalumab