Efgartigimod in IVIG Dependent Myasthenia Gravis Patients

Summary

This study is an open label, single center, prospective, 26 weeks study with descriptive analysis where IVIG is replaced by efgartigimod therapy. MG-ADL and MGQOL evaluations will occur weekly throughout the study to week 26.

Timeline

Start

2025-02-06

Primary completion

2027-01-06

Completion

2027-01-06

Publications

• Background Burns TM, Sadjadi R, Utsugisawa K, Gwathmey KG, Joshi A, Jones S, Bril V, Barnett C, Guptill JT, Sanders DB, Hobson-Webb L, Juel VC, Massey J, Gable KL, Silvestri NJ, Wolfe G, Cutter G, Nagane Y, Murai H, Masuda M, Farrugia ME, Carmichael C, Birnbaum S, Hogrel JY, Nafissi S, Fatehi F, Ou C, Liu W, Conaway M. International clinimetric evaluation of the MG-QOL15, resulting in slight revision and subsequent validation of the MG-QOL15r. Muscle Nerve. 2016 Dec;54(6):1015-1022. doi: 10.1002/mus.25198. Epub 2016 Nov 7.
• Background Barnett C, Katzberg H, Nabavi M, Bril V. The quantitative myasthenia gravis score: comparison with clinical, electrophysiological, and laboratory markers. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis. 2012 Jun;13(4):201-5. doi: 10.1097/CND.0b013e31824619d5.
• Background Howard JF Jr, Bril V, Vu T, Karam C, Peric S, De Bleecker JL, Murai H, Meisel A, Beydoun SR, Pasnoor M, Guglietta A, Van Hoorick B, Steeland S, T'joen C, Utsugisawa K, Verschuuren J, Mantegazza R; ADAPT+ Study Group. Long-term safety, tolerability, and efficacy of efgartigimod (ADAPT+): interim results from a phase 3 open-label extension study in participants with generalized myasthenia gravis. Front Neurol. 2024 Jan 17;14:1284444. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1284444. eCollection 2023.
• Background Wolfe GI, Herbelin L, Nations SP, Foster B, Bryan WW, Barohn RJ. Myasthenia gravis activities of daily living profile. Neurology. 1999 Apr 22;52(7):1487-9. doi: 10.1212/wnl.52.7.1487.
• Background Howard JF Jr, Bril V, Vu T, Karam C, Peric S, Margania T, Murai H, Bilinska M, Shakarishvili R, Smilowski M, Guglietta A, Ulrichts P, Vangeneugden T, Utsugisawa K, Verschuuren J, Mantegazza R; ADAPT Investigator Study Group. Safety, efficacy, and tolerability of efgartigimod in patients with generalised myasthenia gravis (ADAPT): a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet Neurol. 2021 Jul;20(7):526-536. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(21)00159-9.
• Background Sesarman A, Vidarsson G, Sitaru C. The neonatal Fc receptor as therapeutic target in IgG-mediated autoimmune diseases. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2010 Aug;67(15):2533-50. doi: 10.1007/s00018-010-0318-6. Epub 2010 Mar 9.

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