Clinical trial Recruiting at 13 sites Phase 2 Interventional Ages 2 and up

Axatilimab at Three Doses for Chronic GVHD

Official title: AGAVE-201, A Phase 2, Open-label, Randomized, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Axatilimab at 3 Different Doses in Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Active Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease Who Have Received at Least 2 Lines of Systemic Therapy

Run by Syndax Pharmaceuticals · NCT04710576 · Data updated 2026-11-12

This study tests three dose levels of axatilimab in people 2 years and older whose chronic graft-versus-host disease has not responded to at least two prior treatments.

Quick facts

PhasePhase 2
Study typeInterventional
Ages2 Years and up
SexAll
Enrollment296 (estimated)
SponsorSyndax Pharmaceuticals
Industry-sponsored
Drugs / interventionsaxatilimab
Locations121 sites (Birmingham, Alabama and 120 other locations)
StatusRecruiting · results posted
StartedMarch 4, 2021
Main results expectedApril 7, 2023
Study endsSeptember 2027
Registry record updatedJune 16, 2026
Trial IDNCT04710576 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Is this trial a fit for you?

Likely a good fit

Ideal candidates are individuals 2 years or older with active, refractory or recurrent cGVHD after at least two lines of systemic therapy following allogeneic HSCT.

Probably not a fit

Patients whose cGVHD does not respond to axatilimab or who experience intolerable/reversible toxicity may not benefit from this therapy.

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

AGAVE-201 is a Phase 2, open-label, randomized study evaluating the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of axatilimab in participants with recurrent or refractory active chronic GVHD after failure of at least two systemic therapies. Participants are assigned to one of three axatilimab dosing regimens administered in 28-day cycles for up to two years. The trial is multicenter and will assess outcomes related to disease activity and treatment-related adverse events. Eligible participants have a history of allogeneic HSCT and ongoing systemic immunosuppression for active cGVHD.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, participants may experience better control of cGVHD symptoms and improved quality of life from axatilimab treatment.

How similar studies have gone: Previous studies of agents targeting similar pathways have shown activity in cGVHD, but this specific three-dose, open-label approach with axatilimab is being evaluated for its efficacy and safety profile.

Who can join: the full rules

Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

1. Participants must be 2 years of age or older, at the time of signing the informed consent.
2. Participants who are allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients with active cGVHD requiring systemic immune suppression. Active cGVHD is defined as the presence of signs and symptoms of cGVHD per 2014 NIH Consensus Development Project on Criteria for Clinical trials in cGVHD.
3. Participants with refractory or recurrent active cGVHD despite at least 2 lines of systemic therapy.

   * Refractory disease defined as meeting any of the following criteria:

     * The development of 1 or more new sites of disease while being treated for cGVHD.
     * Progression of existing sites of disease despite at least 1 month of standard or investigation therapy for cGVHD.
     * Participants who have not achieved a response within 3 months on their prior therapy for cGVHD and for whom the treating physician believes a new systemic therapy is required.
   * Recurrent cGVHD is active, symptomatic disease (after an initial response to prior therapy) as defined, based on the NIH 2014 consensus criteria, by organ-specific or global assessment or for which the physician believes that a new line of systemic therapy is required.
4. Participants may have persistent, active acute and cGVHD manifestations (overlap syndrome), as defined by 2014 NIH Consensus Development Project on Criteria for Clinical trials in cGVHD.
5. Karnofsky Performance Scale of ≥60 (if aged 16 years or older); Lansky Performance Score of ≥60 (if aged \<16 years)
6. Adequate organ and bone marrow functions evaluated during the 14 days prior to randomization.
7. Creatinine clearance (CrCl) ≥30 milliliter/minute based on the Cockcroft-Gault formula in adult participants and Schwartz formula in pediatric participants.
8. Contraceptive use by men or women should be consistent with local regulations regarding the methods of contraception for those participating in clinical studies.
9. Concomitant use a of systemic corticosteroid is allowed but not required. Topical and inhaled corticosteroid agents are allowed. If a participant is taking corticosteroids at study randomization, they must be on a stable dose of corticosteroids for at least 2 weeks prior to Cycle 1 Day 1.
10. Concomitant use of CNI or mammalian target of repamycin (mTOR) inhibitors (sirolimus or everolimus) is allowed but not required.
11. Capable of giving signed informed consent which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the informed consent form (ICF) and protocol. A parent/guardian should provide consent for pediatric participants unable to provide consent themselves; in addition, where applicable pediatric participants should sign their own assent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

Participants are excluded from the study if any of the following criteria apply:

1. Has acute GVHD without manifestations of cGVHD.
2. Any evidence (histologic, cytogenetic, molecular, hematologic, or mixed) of relapse of the underlying cancer or post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease at the time of screening.
3. History of acute or chronic pancreatitis.
4. History of myositis.
5. History or other evidence of severe illness, uncontrolled infection or any other conditions that would make the participant, in the opinion of the Investigator, unsuitable for the study.
6. Participants with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
7. Hepatitis B (defined as hepatitis B virus \[HBV\] surface antigen positive and HBV core antibody positive, with positive HBV deoxyribonucleic acid \[DNA\], or HBV positive core antibody alone with positive HBV DNA. Hepatitis C (defined as positive hepatitis C \[HCV\] antibody with positive HCV ribonucleic acid \[RNA\]).
8. Diagnosed with another malignancy (other than malignancy for which transplant was performed) within 3 years of randomization, unless previously treated with curative intent and approved by Sponsor's Medical Monitor (for example, completely resected basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, resected in situ cervical malignancy, resected breast ductal carcinoma in situ, or low-risk prostate cancer after curative resection).
9. Female participant who is pregnant or breastfeeding.
10. Previous exposure to CSF1-R targeted therapies.
11. Taking agents for treatment of cGVHD other than corticosteroids or either a CNI or mTOR inhibitor is prohibited.
12. For approved or commonly used agents, other than corticosteroids, CNI and mTOR inhibitor, a washout of 2 weeks or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, is required at study enrollment.
13. Receiving another investigational treatment within 28 days of randomization.
14. Participants should not be participating in any other interventional study. Pediatric participants are encouraged to also participate in the ongoing developmental studies of the Pediatric cGVHD Symptom Scale (PCSS).

Where it's running

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Birmingham, Alabama, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Los Angeles, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Miami
    Miami, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • Emory University
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States
    Recruiting
  • The University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC)
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
    Recruiting
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States
    Recruiting
Show 44 more locations
  • Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
    Detroit, Michigan, United States
    Recruiting
  • Washington University School of Medicine
    St Louis, Missouri, United States
    Recruiting
  • The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Columbus, Ohio, United States
    Recruiting
  • Oregon Health & Science University
    Portland, Oregon, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Hillman Cancer Center
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
    Recruiting
  • Intermountain Healthcare
    Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
    Recruiting
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
    Seattle, Washington, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham - Children's of Alabama
    Birmingham, Alabama, United States
    Completed
  • City of Hope
    Duarte, California, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Medical Center
    Los Angeles, California, United States
    Completed
  • Stanford Cancer Center
    Stanford, California, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • Children's National Medical Center
    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • University of Florida (UF)
    Gainesville, Florida, United States
    Completed
  • Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville
    Jacksonville, Florida, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • AdventHealth Orlando
    Orlando, Florida, United States
    Completed
  • Moffitt
    Tampa, Florida, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • Northside Hospital
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • Indiana University Health Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center
    Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • Franciscan Health Indianapolis
    Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
    Completed
  • Tulane University Medical Center
    New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
    Completed
  • Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center
    Baltimore, Maryland, United States
    Completed
  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center
    Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • University of Michigan
    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • Henry Ford Hospital
    Detroit, Michigan, United States
    Completed
  • University of Minnesota
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
    Completed
  • Mayo Clinic - Rochester
    Rochester, Minnesota, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
    New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University
    New York, New York, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • Stony Brook University Medical Center
    Stony Brook, New York, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • Wake Forest
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
    Completed
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
    Completed
  • University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Cleveland, Ohio, United States
    Completed
  • The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Lyndhurst, Ohio, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Nashville, Tennessee, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Houston, Texas, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • University of Utah
    Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • University of Virginia Medical Center
    Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
    Completed
  • University of Wisconsin - Carbone Cancer Center
    Madison, Wisconsin, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
    Active not recruiting
  • The Royal Children's Hospital
    Parkville, Victoria, Australia
    Completed
  • Westmead Hospital
    Westmead, Australia
    Completed
  • Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven
    Leuven, Belgium
    Active not recruiting

+71 more sites. See ClinicalTrials.gov for the full list.

Study contacts

Similar studies

Other studies for the same condition or treatment. Recruiting studies are listed first.

How to take part

  1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
  2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
  3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.
Last reviewed 2026-11-14 by the Find a Trial editorial team. Information on this page is for educational purposes and is not medical advice. Always consult qualified healthcare professionals about clinical trial participation.