In the trial, Diamyd will be administered directly into a lymph node in ten to 16 children aged eight to 18 years old. Credit: Africa Studio / Shutterstock.com.

Diamyd Medical has signed a partnership agreement with a centre of excellence, DiaUnion, to recruit study subjects in a type 1 diabetes (T1D) prevention trial of Diamyd (GAD-alum).

Named DiaPrecise, the open-label trial will analyse the feasibility, immune response, and safety of intralymphatic injections of Diamyd in children with the HLA DR3-DQ2 genotype and who are at risk of developing T1D.

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Clinical parameters, such as the production of endogenous insulin and blood glucose control offered by the treatment, will also be analysed. 

In the trial, Diamyd will be administered directly into a lymph node in ten 16 children aged eight to 18 years old.

The trial is currently underway at the Department of Clinical Sciences at Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.

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It is being carried out under the ASSET programme, with funding from the Swedish Innovation Agency VINNOVA. 

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An antigen-specific immunotherapy, Diamyd is intended to preserve the production of endogenous insulin. 

The company is establishing a biomanufacturing site in Umeå to produce an active ingredient of Diamyd, recombinant GAD65.

Diamyd Medical president and CEO Ulf Hannelius said: “We are thrilled to partner with DiaUnion around the precision medicine trial DiaPrecise. 

“An infrastructure for screening of T1D is a prerequisite to evaluate preventive treatments, and this partnership is important to advance our goal of delaying or preventing the progression of T1D, with the antigen-specific immunotherapy Diamyd.”