Drugs / agatolimod
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agatolimod

Oligonucleotide (other) targets TLR9 via activation

Developed for
non-small cell lung carcinoma · melanoma · chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma · mantle cell lymphoma · breast cancer · breast carcinoma · diffuse large B-cell lymphoma · MALT lymphoma
+18 more · mycosis fungoides · nodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma · renal cell carcinoma · Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia · breast neoplasm · conjunctival cancer · cutaneous melanoma · cytomegalovirus infection · esophageal cancer · hepatitis B virus infection · indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma · lymphoma · melanoma tumor antigen Gp90 · ocular melanoma · Plasmodium falciparum malaria · primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma · splenic marginal zone lymphoma · T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Investigated by
Pfizer · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) · National Cancer Institute (NCI) · Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research · Baylor College of Medicine · George Washington University
+27 more · Ronald Levy · City of Hope Medical Center · Mayo Clinic · National Institutes of Health (NIH) · Aarhus University Hospital · Academic Medical Center - University of Amsterdam · Ahmad Tarhini · American Society of Clinical Oncology · Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development · Bhuvaneswari Ramaswamy · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois · Centre de Recherche Médicale de Lambaréné · Department of Health and Human Services · Emergent BioSolutions · Hassane M. Zarour, MD · Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center · Leiden University Medical Center · Lymphoma Research Foundation · Novartis · Novartis Vaccines · Stanford University · University of Aarhus · University of Iowa · University of Oxford · Wakayama Medical University

Trials 44

PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 119 trials
Phase 1 NCT03373214 Feb 2018 → Feb 2019 hookworm infectious disease Baylor College of Medicine Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02143518 Oct 2014 → Jun 2016 hookworm infectious disease Baylor College of Medicine Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01588015 Oct 2012 → Feb 2024 B-cell adult acute lymphocytic leukemia, Burkitt lymphoma, MALT lymphoma, T-cell adult acute lymphocytic leukemia +34 City of Hope Medical Center Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01164514 Nov 2011 → Feb 2013 bacterial infectious disease with sepsis National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01351948 Jun 2011 → Mar 2013 malaria University of Oxford Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01263691 Dec 2010 → May 2012 anthrax infection Emergent BioSolutions Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT00819806 Jan 2009 → May 2012 melanoma tumor antigen Gp90 Hassane M. Zarour, MD Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT00471471 Oct 2008 → Dec 2011 conjunctival cancer, cutaneous melanoma, ocular melanoma Ahmad Tarhini Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT00559975 Oct 2007 → May 2008 influenza Novartis Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT00427167 Jan 2007 → Nov 2008 malaria National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1/211 trials · 1 met primary
Phase 1/2 NCT00562939 Jan 2008 → Jan 2009 HIV infectious disease University of Aarhus Completed Met primary
Phase 1/2 NCT00669292 Nov 2006 → Nov 2009 esophageal cancer Wakayama Medical University Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT00226993 Mar 2005 → Dec 2006 mycosis fungoides Stanford University Withdrawn No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT00145145 Jan → Apr 2005 melanoma Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Terminated No outcome recorded Stop: Enrollment
Phase 1/2 NCT00145158 Jan 2005 → Nov 2007 melanoma Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT00100633 Dec 2004 → Feb 2007 HIV infectious disease, hepatitis B virus infection National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT00438880 Oct 2004 → Oct 2010 MALT lymphoma, Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma +3 Mayo Clinic Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT00185965 Jul 2004 → Mar 2010 mycosis fungoides Ronald Levy Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT00043420 Jan 2003 → Mar 2007 primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT00043407 Mar 2002 → Sep 2004 renal cell carcinoma Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 212 trials · 2 missed
Phase 2 NCT03172975 Mar 2018 → Dec 2024 hookworm infectious disease Baylor College of Medicine Completed Missed primary
Phase 2 NCT00490529 Aug 2009 → Dec 2017 mantle cell lymphoma Ronald Levy Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT00824733 Feb 2009 → Feb 2013 breast cancer Bhuvaneswari Ramaswamy Terminated No outcome recorded Stop: Enrollment
Phase 2 NCT00880581 Jan 2009 → Sep 2011 indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma Ronald Levy Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT00471159 Aug 2007 → ? breast cancer Pfizer Withdrawn No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT00321308 Sep 2006 → Jan 2008 non-small cell lung carcinoma Pfizer Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT00321815 Aug 2006 → Jun 2010 non-small cell lung carcinoma Pfizer Completed Missed primary
Phase 2 NCT00313768 Dec 2005 → May 2008 non-small cell lung carcinoma Pfizer Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT00070642 Dec 2003 → Dec 2005 melanoma Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT00070629 May 2003 → Jul 2007 non-small cell lung carcinoma Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 32 trials
Phase 3 NCT00254904 Nov 2005 → Jun 2008 non-small cell lung carcinoma Pfizer Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT00254891 Nov 2005 → Jul 2008 non-small cell lung carcinoma Pfizer Terminated No outcome recorded
Comparator or background therapy9 trials
Phase 1 NCT07221162 Background Dec 2025 → Nov 2026 expected COVID-19 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Active not recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT00889616 Background Apr 2009 → Jul 2012 malaria National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT00740090 Background Aug 2008 → Jun 2009 malaria National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT00299728 Background Mar → Oct 2006 neoplasm Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT00199836 Background Sep 2003 → Sep 2005 cancer Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Completed No outcome recorded

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 1

DateIssuerRelease
2011-08-26 Emergent BioSolutions Results Results of Emergent BioSolutions Phase 1a Study on Adjuvanted BioThrax Anthrax Vaccine Published in the Journal Vaccine emergentbiosolutions.com ↗
Data from the trial show that BioThrax plus CPG 7909 generated peak antibody responses that were 6-fold higher than those generated by BioThrax alone (232 g/ml with BioThrax alone; 1465 g/ml with BioThrax plus CPG 7909).

Evidence & citations 15 cited values

Every value below carries the sentence it was read from. 62 sources stand behind the page.

FieldValueCited text
Known as agatolimod ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT00040950 ↗
Known as agatolimod sodium ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT00722839 ↗
2

NCT00085189 ↗

NCT00438880 ↗

Known as Agatolimod tricosasodium salt ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL2103792 ↗
Known as CpG 10104 “Na-GST-1/Al in combination with CpG 10104 (Na-GST-1/Al-CpG), Na-GST-1/Al in combination with AP 10-701 (Na-GST-1/Al-AP), or placebo.” PMID 41861834 ↗ Mar 2026
3

NCT02143518 ↗

NCT03172975 ↗

NCT03373214 ↗

Known as CpG 7909 “Phase 2 trial of erlotinib with or without PF-3512676 (CPG 7909, a Toll-like receptor 9 agonist) in patients with advanced recurrent EGFR-positive non-small cell lung cancer.” PMID 23792641 ↗ May 2013
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“recMAGE-A3 300 μg plus 420 μg of CpG7909 (a part of the Adjuvant System AS15) by intermuscular injection within 24 hours from first dose of HDIL-2.” NCT01266603 ↗

“The CPG 7909 adjuvant group had significantly higher relative cytokine responses than the placebo group” PMID 22854665 ↗ Aug 2012

“CPG 7909 is a synthetic short DNA sequence that has been shown to be an effective vaccine adjuvant” NCT01263691 ↗

“different doses of CpG7909 in patients with advanced or recurrent esophageal cancer” NCT00669292 ↗

“NY-ESO-1 recombinant protein mixed with CpG 7909 and Montanide ISA-51 VG” NCT00299728 ↗

“first, CpG 7909 oligodeoxynucleotides, and second, Montanide ISA-51.” NCT00112229 ↗

“AMA1-C1/Alhydrogel + CpG 7909” NCT00340574 ↗

“2.5 mg CpG-7909/PF-3512676” NCT00112242 ↗

NCT00043407 ↗

NCT00562939 ↗

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Known as CpG ODN 7909 “Montanide ISA-51, and CpG ODN 7909, a potent stimulator of B cells and T helper type 1 (Th1)-type immunity” PMID 17517626 ↗ May 2007
Known as CpG7909 ODN “a boosting agent called CpG7909 ODN may be an ideal adjuvant for vaccines given to HIV infected people” NCT00100633 ↗
Known as PF-03512676 “PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To discover whether two administrations of 2.5 mg tetanus (Tet)-CMV peptide co-injected with 1 mg of PF-03512676 (tetanus-CMV fusion peptide vaccine)” NCT01588015 ↗
2

“It is formulated with the adjuvant PF03512676, a Toll-like receptor 9 agonist, which augments cellular immunity.” PMID 26853648 ↗ Dec 2015

NCT00824733 ↗

Known as PF-3512676 “PF-3512676, Montanide ISA 720 VG and MHC class I peptides from NY-ESO-1 (NY-ESO-1 157-165V, NY-ESO-1 53-62 (MPS-190) and NY-ESO-1 94-102) in three subcutaneous injections...” NCT00819806 ↗
13

“combined with the TLR9 agonist PF-3512676 and local granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor in oil emulsion” PMID 22495394 ↗ May 2012

“2.5 mg CpG-7909/PF-3512676” NCT00112242 ↗

NCT00043420 ↗

NCT00471471 ↗

NCT00471159 ↗

NCT00321308 ↗

NCT00321815 ↗

NCT00490529 ↗

NCT00043368 ↗

NCT00880581 ↗

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Known as Pf-3512676 free acid ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL2103792 ↗
Known as VaxImmune “CPG 7909 Oligodeoxynucleotide (VaxImmune®)” NCT00344539 ↗
Action Activate “PF-3512676 (formerly CPG 7909) is a Toll-like receptor 9 agonist” PMID 20888065 ↗ Dec 2010
Modality Oligonucleotide (other) “CpG7909 oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN)” NCT00100633 ↗
Route Intravenous “PF-3512676 IV at doses:” NCT00043368 ↗
Target TLR9 “CpG ODNs trigger Toll-like receptor 9” PMID 15696196 ↗ Mar 2005