Safety and Efficacy of Eculizumab in Refractory Generalized Myasthenia Gravis (REGAIN Study)

Last updated: July 12, 2019
Sponsor: Alexion Pharmaceuticals
Overall Status: Completed

Phase

3

Condition

Neuropathy

Polymyositis (Inflammatory Muscle Disease)

Sarcopenia

Treatment

N/A

Clinical Study ID

NCT01997229
ECU-MG-301
2013-003589-15
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if eculizumab is safe and effective for the treatment of refractory generalized Myasthenia Gravis.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male or female patients ≥18 years old

  • Diagnosis of MG made by the following tests:

  1. Positive serologic test for anti-AChR Abs as confirmed at screening, and

  2. One of the following:

  3. History of abnormal neuromuscular transmission test demonstrated bysingle-fiber electromyography (SFEMG) or repetitive nerve stimulation, or

  4. History of positive anticholinesterase test, e.g. edrophonium chloride test,or

  5. Subject has demonstrated improvement in MG signs on oral cholinesteraseinhibitors, as assessed by the treating physician.

  • MGFA Clinical Classification Class II to IV at screening.

  • MG-ADL total score must be ≥6 at screening and Randomization (Day 1).

  • Subjects who have:

  1. Failed treatment with at least two immunosuppressive agents. Or,

  2. Failed treatment with at least one immunosuppressive agent and require chronicplasma exchange or IVIg

Exclusion

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • History of thymoma or other neoplasms of the thymus

  • History of thymectomy within 12 months prior to screening

  • MGFA Class I or MG crisis at screening (MGFA Class V)

  • Use of rituximab within 6 months prior to screening

  • Use of IVIg or PE within 4 weeks prior to Randomization (Day 1)

Study Design

Total Participants: 125
Study Start date:
December 01, 2013
Estimated Completion Date:
June 30, 2016

Connect with a study center

  • Hospital Italiano

    Ciudad Autonoma, Buenos Aires 1181
    Argentina

    Site Not Available

  • Instituto de Investigaciones Neurologicas Raul Carrea, FLENI

    Ciudad Autonoma, Buenos Aires C1428AQK
    Argentina

    Site Not Available

  • St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

    Fitzroy, Victoria 3065
    Australia

    Site Not Available

  • Royal Perth Hospital

    Perth, Western Australia 6000
    Australia

    Site Not Available

  • UZ Antwerpen

    Edegem, 2650
    Belgium

    Site Not Available

  • AZ Sint-Lucas - Campus Sint-Lucas

    Gent, 9000
    Belgium

    Site Not Available

  • UZ Leuven

    Leuven, 3000
    Belgium

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Mãe de Deus

    Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul 90110-270
    Brazil

    Site Not Available

  • Faculdade de Medicina do ABC

    Santo André, Sao Paulo Postal Code: 09060-650
    Brazil

    Site Not Available

  • Fundação Faculdade Regional de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto

    São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo 15090-000
    Brazil

    Site Not Available

  • HUCFF-UFRJ - Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

    Rio De Janeiro, 21941-913
    Brazil

    Site Not Available

  • HUCFF-UFRJ - Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

    Rio do Janeiro, 21941-913
    Brazil

    Site Not Available

  • UNIFESP - Universidade Federal de São Paulo

    São Paulo, 04037-002
    Brazil

    Site Not Available

  • University of Alberta Hospital

    Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Toronto General Hospital

    Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Montreal Neurological Institute

    Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Vseobecna fakultni nemocnice v Praze

    Praha, Prague 120 00
    Czechia

    Site Not Available

  • Fakultni nemocnice Brno

    Brno, 625 00
    Czechia

    Site Not Available

  • Fakultni nemocnice Ostrava

    Ostrava - Poruba, 708 52
    Czechia

    Site Not Available

  • Århus Universitetshospital

    Aarhus C, 8000
    Denmark

    Site Not Available

  • Rigshospitalet

    København Ø, 2100
    Denmark

    Site Not Available

  • Helsingin yliopistollinen keskussairaala

    Helsinki, 00290
    Finland

    Site Not Available

  • Neuro NEO Oy

    Turku, 20520
    Finland

    Site Not Available

  • CHU de Nice Hôpital Pasteur 2

    Nice Cedex 3, Alpes Maritimes 06202
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Groupe Hospitalier Pellegrin - Hôpital Pellegrin

    Bordeaux Cedex, Gironde 33000
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Hopital Roger Salengro - CHU Lille

    Lille Cedex, Nord 59037
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Hopital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer

    Bron cedex, Rhone 69677
    France

    Site Not Available

  • LMU-Campus Innenstadt

    Muenchen, Bayern 80336
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

    Hannover, Niedersachsen 30625
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Navy Hospital of Athens

    Athens, 11521
    Greece

    Site Not Available

  • General Hospital of Thessaloniki "G. Papanikolaou"

    Thessaloniki, 57010
    Greece

    Site Not Available

  • Jahn Ferenc Del-Pesti Korhaz

    Budapest, 1204
    Hungary

    Site Not Available

  • Szegedi Tud.Egyetem Szent-Gyorgyi Albert Klin. Közp.

    Szeged, 6725
    Hungary

    Site Not Available

  • Policlinico di Catania

    Catania, 95123
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

    Milano, 20133
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria "Federico II"

    Napoli, 80131
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Ospedale San Camillo IRCCS

    Padova, 35128
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana

    Pisa, 56126
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea - Università di Roma La Sapienza

    Roma, 00189
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli

    Roma, 00168
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Umberto I Pol. di Roma-Università di Roma La Sapienza

    Roma, 00161
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Ospedale Santa Chiara

    Trento, 38122
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Chiba University Hospital

    Chiba-shi, Chiba-Ken 260-8677
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Kyushu University Hospital

    Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-Ken 812-8582
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Sapporo Medical University Hospital

    Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido 060-8543
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Hanamaki General Hospitals

    Hanamaki-shi, Iwate-Ken 025-0075
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • NHO Sendai Medical Center

    Sendai-shi, Miyagi-Ken 983-8520
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • NHO Nagasaki Kawatana Medical Center

    Higashisonogi-gun, Nagasaki-Ken 859-3615
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • NHO Nagasaki Kawatana Medical Center

    Kawatana, Nagasaki-Ken 859-3615
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Nagasaki University Hospital

    Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki-Ken 852-8501
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Kinki University Hospital

    Osakasayama-shi, Osaka-Fu 589-8511
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Osaka University Hospital

    Suita-shi, Osaka-Fu 565-0871
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Toho University Ohashi Medical Center

    Meguro-ku, Tokyo-To 153-8515
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Yamaguchi University Hospital

    Ube-shi, Yamaguchi-Ken 755-8505
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Korea University Anam Hospital

    Seoul, 136-705
    Korea, Republic of

    Site Not Available

  • Samsung Medical Center

    Seoul, 135-710
    Korea, Republic of

    Site Not Available

  • Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University

    Seoul, 156707
    Korea, Republic of

    Site Not Available

  • Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System

    Seoul, 120-752
    Korea, Republic of

    Site Not Available

  • Academisch Medisch Centrum

    Amsterdam, 1105 AZ
    Netherlands

    Site Not Available

  • Leiden Universitair Medisch Centrum

    Leiden, 2333 ZA
    Netherlands

    Site Not Available

  • Maastricht University Medical Center

    Maastricht, 6229 HX
    Netherlands

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron

    Barcelona, 08035
    Spain

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  • Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

    Barcelona, 08907
    Spain

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  • Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

    Barcelona, 08041
    Spain

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  • Hospital Universitario La Paz

    Madrid, 28046
    Spain

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  • Sahlgrenska Sjukhuset

    Göteborg, 41345
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset - Solna

    Stockholm, 17176
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Hacettepe University Medical Faculty

    Ankara, 06100
    Turkey

    Site Not Available

  • Karadeniz Tecnical Uni. Med. Fac.

    Istanbul, 61080
    Turkey

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  • Dokuz Eylul University Medicine Faculty

    Izmir, 35340
    Turkey

    Site Not Available

  • Kocaeli University Medical Faculty

    Kocaeli, 41380
    Turkey

    Site Not Available

  • Ondokuz Mayıs University of Medicine

    Samsun, 55139
    Turkey

    Site Not Available

  • The Walton Centre

    Liverpool, Merseyside L9 7LJ
    United Kingdom

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  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital

    Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2WB
    United Kingdom

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  • King's College Hospital

    London, SE5 9NU
    United Kingdom

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  • University of Alabama

    Birmingham, Alabama 35233
    United States

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  • University of California San Francisco-Fresno

    Fresno, California 93720
    United States

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  • University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, California 90033
    United States

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  • University of California-Irvine

    Orange, California 92868
    United States

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  • University of California Davis Health System

    Sacramento, California 95765
    United States

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  • California Pacific Medical Center

    San Francisco, California 94115
    United States

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  • Stanford University School of Medicine

    Stanford, California 94305
    United States

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  • Yale New Haven Hospital

    New Haven, Connecticut 06510
    United States

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  • University of South Florida

    Bradenton, Florida 34205
    United States

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  • University of Florida Health Science Center

    Jacksonville, Florida 32209
    United States

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  • University of Miami School of Medicine

    Miami, Florida 33136
    United States

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  • University of South Florida

    Tampa, Florida 33612
    United States

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  • Georgia Regents University

    Augusta, Georgia 30912
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Medical Associates of North Georgia

    Canton, Georgia 30114
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

    Springfield, Illinois 62702
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Indiana University

    Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
    United States

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  • University of Iowa College of Medicine

    Iowa City, Iowa 52242
    United States

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  • University of Kansas Medical Center

    Kansas City, Kansas 66160
    United States

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  • Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine

    Baltimore, Maryland 21287-0876
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Maryland Medical Center

    Baltimore, Maryland 21201
    United States

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  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts 02115
    United States

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  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts 02114
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Lahey Clinic Inc.

    Burlington, Massachusetts 01805
    United States

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  • Wayne State University School of Medicine

    Detroit, Michigan 48201
    United States

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  • Las Vegas Clinic

    Las Vegas, Nevada 89145
    United States

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  • Buffalo General Hospital

    Buffalo, New York 14203
    United States

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  • Buffalo General Hospital

    Lockport, New York 14094
    United States

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  • Hospital For Special Surgery/New York Presbyterian Hospital Cornell Campus

    New York, New York 10021
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Mount Sinai School of Medicine

    New York, New York 10029
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
    United States

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  • Carolinas Healthcare System

    Charlotte, North Carolina 28207
    United States

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  • Duke University Health System

    Durham, North Carolina 27705
    United States

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  • Ohio State University Medical Center

    Columbus, Ohio 43210
    United States

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  • Oregon Health & Science University

    Portland, Oregon 97239
    United States

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  • University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
    United States

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  • Rhode Island Hospital

    Providence, Rhode Island 02905
    United States

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  • Wesley Neurology Clinic

    Cordova, Tennessee 38018
    United States

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  • Vanderbilt Medical Center

    Nashville, Tennessee 37232
    United States

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  • UT Southwestern

    Dallas, Texas 75390
    United States

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  • Methodist Neurological Institute

    Houston, Texas 77030
    United States

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  • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

    San Antonio, Texas 78229
    United States

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  • University of Vermont Medical Center

    Burlington, Vermont 05405
    United States

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  • University of Washington

    Seattle, Washington 98195
    United States

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