UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 20, 2019

Aravive, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-36361	26-4106690
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

River Oaks Tower

3730 Kirby Drive, Suite 1200

Houston, Texas 77098

(Address of principal executive offices)

(936) 355-1910

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	ARAV	Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On November 20, 2019, Aravive, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press releaseannouncing new positive data from the ongoing Phase 1b portion of the Phase 1b/2 clinical trial of AVB-500 in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer patients. The data from the first 31 patients treated at the 10mg/kg dose level are maturing and affirm earlier findings on the relationship between AVB-500 levels and anti-tumor response. In this data analysis, high serum drug levels of AVB-500 were strongly predictive of anti-tumor activity with statistically significant correlation to progression free survival (PFS; p=0.0066). PFS is the primary endpoint for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer clinical trials.A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Company additionally updated its corporate presentation, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

The press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and the corporate presentation attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K include “safe harbor” language pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, indicating that certain statements contained therein are “forward-looking” rather than historical.

The Company undertakes no duty or obligation to update or revise information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K, the press releaseattached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto or the corporate presentation attached as Exhibit 99.2 hereto.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Aravive, Inc. Press Release, dated November 20, 2019
99.2	Corporate Presentation, dated November 20, 2019

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: November 20, 2019	ARAVIVE, INC. (Registrant)
	By:	/s/ Jay P. Shepard
	Name:	Jay P. Shepard
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer