STUDY OF ECULIZUMAB IN REFRACTORY GENERALIZED MYASTHENIA GRAVIS (GMG)SUBJECTS
- Conditions
- Generalized Myasthenia GravisMedDRA version: 17.0 Level: HLT Classification code 10071942 Term: Myasthenia gravis and related conditions System Organ Class: 100000004859Therapeutic area: Diseases [C] - Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Registration Number
- EUCTR2013-003589-15-GB
- Lead Sponsor
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 125
- Male or female subjects =18 years old
- Diagnosis of MG
- MGFA Clinical Classification Class II to IV at screening
- MG-ADL total score must be =6 at screening and randomization
Are the trial subjects under 18? no
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 83
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 9
- History of thymoma or other neoplasms of thymus
- History of thymectomy within 12 months prior to screening
- Weakness only affecting ocular or peri-ocular muscles (MGFA Class I)
- MG crisis at screening (MGFA Class V)
- Pregnancy or lactation
- Unresolved meningococcal infection
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Main Objective: Assess the efficacy of eculizumab as compared with placebo in the treatment of refractory gMG based on the improvement in the MG-specific Activities of Daily Living profile (MG-ADL).;Primary end point(s): - change from baseline in the MG-ADL total score for eculizumab as compared with placebo;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: Week 26 ;<br> Secondary Objective: - Safety and tolerability of eculizumab as compared with placebo in gMG subjects<br> - Efficacy of eculizumab compared with placebo<br> - Describe the pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of eculizumab<br> - Characterize the effect of eculizumab as compared with placebo on Quality of Life measures<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: Week 26;<br> Secondary end point(s): - Change from baseline in QMG total score <br> - Proportion of subjects with at least a 3-point reduction in the MG-ADL total score and with no rescue therapy<br> - Proportion of subjects with at least a 5 point reduction in the QMG total score<br> - Change from baseline in the Myasthenia Gravis Composite (MGC) scale total score<br> - Change from baseline in MG-QOL-15<br>