Treatment With AX200 for Acute Ischemic Stroke

Summary

The AXIS study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalating phase IIa trial to investigate treatment with AX200 (granulocyte-colony stimulating factor; G-CSF) for acute ischemic stroke. The primary objective of the present phase IIa study is to assess the safety and tolerability of AX200 compared to placebo in subjects suffering from acute stroke. The secondary objective is to assess the effect of AX200 on subject outcome in comparison to placebo.

Timeline

Start

2004-12

Primary completion

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Completion

2007-03

Publications

• Background Schneider A, Kruger C, Steigleder T, Weber D, Pitzer C, Laage R, Aronowski J, Maurer MH, Gassler N, Mier W, Hasselblatt M, Kollmar R, Schwab S, Sommer C, Bach A, Kuhn HG, Schabitz WR. The hematopoietic factor G-CSF is a neuronal ligand that counteracts programmed cell death and drives neurogenesis. J Clin Invest. 2005 Aug;115(8):2083-98. doi: 10.1172/JCI23559. Epub 2005 Jul 7.
• Schabitz WR, Laage R, Vogt G, Koch W, Kollmar R, Schwab S, Schneider D, Hamann GF, Rosenkranz M, Veltkamp R, Fiebach JB, Hacke W, Grotta JC, Fisher M, Schneider A. AXIS: a trial of intravenous granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in acute ischemic stroke. Stroke. 2010 Nov;41(11):2545-51. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.579508. Epub 2010 Oct 14.

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