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A Study to Evaluate Axatilimab and Corticosteroids as Initial Treatment for Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease

A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Axatilimab and Corticosteroids as Initial Treatment for Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease (AXemplify-357)

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06585774
Acronym
AXemplify-357
Enrollment
240
Registered
2024-09-19
Start date
2025-01-21
Completion date
2030-03-31
Last updated
2026-03-16

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Chronic Graft-versus-host-disease

Keywords

cGVHD

Brief summary

This study will be conducted to compare the efficacy of axatilimab versus placebo in combination with corticosteroids as initial treatment for moderate or severe chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD).

Interventions

IV infusion

DRUGPlacebo

IV infusion

DRUGCorticosteroids

Oral/IV Infusion

Sponsors

Incyte Corporation
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
12 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* ≥ 12 years of age at the time of informed consent. * New-onset moderate or severe cGVHD, as defined by the 2014 NIH Consensus Development Project Criteria for Clinical Trials in cGVHD, requiring systemic therapy. * History of allo-HCT from any donor HLA type (related or unrelated donor with any degree of HLA matching) using any graft source (bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cells, or cord blood). Recipients of myeloablative, nonmyeloablative, or reduced-intensity conditioning are eligible. * Adequate hematologic function with ANC ≥ 0.5 × 109/L independent of growth factors for at least 7 days prior to study entry. * Willingness to avoid pregnancy or fathering children.

Exclusion criteria

* Received more than 1 prior allo-HCT. Prior autologous HCT is allowed. * Has overlap cGVHD, defined as simultaneous presence of features or characteristics of aGVHD in a patient with cGVHD. * Received more than 7 days of systemic corticosteroid treatment for cGVHD or unable to begin a prednisone dose ≥ 1.0 mg/kg per day (or methylprednisolone equivalent) for cGVHD. * Received previous systemic treatment for cGVHD, including extracorporeal photopheresis. * Systemic treatment with CNIs or mTOR inhibitors started within 2 weeks prior to C1D1. * Prior treatment with CSF-1R targeted therapies. * Active, uncontrolled bacterial, fungal, parasitic, or viral infection. * Evidence of relapse of the primary hematologic disease or treatment for relapse after the allo-HCT was performed, including DLIs for the treatment of molecular relapse. * History of acute or chronic pancreatitis. * Active symptomatic myositis. * History or current diagnosis of cardiac disease indicating significant risk of safety for participation in the study, such as uncontrolled or significant cardiac disease. * Severe renal impairment, that is, estimated CrCl \< 30 mL/min measured or calculated by Cockcroft-Gault equation in adults and Schwartz formula in pediatric participants, or endstage renal disease on dialysis. * Impaired liver function, defined as total bilirubin \> 1.5 × ULN and/or ALT and AST \> 3 × ULN in participants with no evidence of liver cGVHD. * Pregnant or breastfeeding. Other protocol-defined Inclusion/

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Event Free Survival (EFS)Up to 3 yearsDefined from the date of randomization to the date of any predefined event, whichever occurs first.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Objective Response (OR)6 monthsDefined for each treatment group as CR or PR at 6 months Cycle 7 (28-day cycles), Day 1, in the absence of new systemic therapy for cGVHD. Responses defined by the 2014 NIH consensus criteria.
Event Free Survival 2Up to 3 yearsDefined from the date of randomization to the date of any predefined event, whichever occurs first.
Proportion of participants with a ≥ 7-point improvement in mLSS total scoreUp to 3 years
Overall Response12 MonthsDefined as CR or PR at 12 months in the absence of new systemic therapy for cGVHD.
DOR (in responders only)Up to 3 yearsDefined as the time from the date of first response (PR or CR) to the date of progression of cGVHD from nadir in any organ, start of new systemic treatment for cGVHD, or death from any cause, whichever comes first.
Best Overall Response (BOR)Up to 3 yearsDefined as the best response of CR or PR at any timepoint up to the initiation of new therapy for cGVHD.
Overall Survival (OS)Up to 3 yearsDefined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of death due to any cause.
Nonrelapse mortality (NRM)Up to 3 yearsDefined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of death in the absence of primary hematologic disease relapse.
Failure-free survival (FFS)Up to 3 yearsDefined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of addition or initiation of another systemic therapy for cGVHD, relapse of underlying disease, or death due to any cause.
Relapse of hematologic diseasesUp to 3 yearsDefined as the reappearance of symptoms of underlying disease.
Time to primary hematologic disease relapseUp to 3 yearsDefined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of relapse.
Percent reduction in daily corticosteroid dose6 months
Proportion of participants who tapered off all corticosteroids6 months
Number of participants with Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)Up to 3 years and 30 daysDefined as adverse events reported for the first time or worsening of a pre-existing event after the first dose of study treatment.
Change from baseline in circulating monocyte number and phenotype (CD14/16)Up to 3 years and 30 days
Change from baseline in soluble markers for bone resorption and formation, including bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (BAP) and C-terminal telopeptide (CTX)Up to 3 years and 30 days

Countries

Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Contacts

CONTACTIncyte Corporation Call Center (US)
medinfo@incyte.com1.855.463.3463
CONTACTIncyte Corporation Call Center (ex-US)
eumedinfo@incyte.com+800 00027423
STUDY_DIRECTORAlbert Assad, MD

Incyte Corporation

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 17, 2026