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Diseases / Myasthenia Gravis

Myasthenia Gravis

Disease

Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune neuromuscular junction disorder causing fluctuating skeletal muscle weakness and fatigability, often affecting ocular, bulbar, and limb muscles. Disease results from autoantibodies that impair neuromuscular transmission.

Trials
318
Recruiting
93
Completed
109
With results
47

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnSuspendedUnknownTotal
Early Phase 1 441111 12
Phase 1 9622222 25
Phase 1/2 4122 9
Phase 2 72316611 36
Phase 2/3 611112 12
Phase 3 151283353 67
Phase 4 3121 7
Not applicable 96319217 47
Unknown 36941342116 103

Trials started per year

2021
9
2022
24
2023
26
2024
50
2025
40
2026
45

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 2/3Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Myasthenia Gravis 12259361267747103 318
Multiple Sclerosis 58211 26
Autoimmune Diseases 121112127 18
Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System 32111 17
Neuromyelitis Optica 45116 17
Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating 431114 14
Guillain-Barre Syndrome 37 10
Neuromuscular Diseases 136 10
Fatigue 36 9
Thymoma 153 9

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1argenx1710
2Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.169
3UCB Biopharma SRL1413
4Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice50
5Charite University, Berlin, Germany50
6Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS51
7Huashan Hospital50
8Leiden University Medical Center51
9Tang-Du Hospital51
10Tongji Hospital50

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1rozanolixizumab11
2efgartigimod alfa10
3Cyclophosphamide8
4Prednisone8
5zilucoplan8
6Pyridostigmine Bromide7
7ravulizumab7
8Rituximab7
9fludarabine6
10Mycophenolic Acid6

Evidence

Results reported
43.1%47 of 109 completed
Published
26.6%29 of 109 completed
Primary endpoint met
68.4%26 of 38 analyses
Median months to report
12

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
46
Statistical analysis plan
42
PubMed citations
102

Trial profile

Median enrollment
60
Median duration
32.8months
Countries
51
Study sites
3390

Who is enrolled

Adults
311
Children
51
Older adults
296
Healthy volunteers
33

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
15
Phase 1
18
Phase 1/2
24
Phase 2
39
Phase 2/3
12
Phase 3
114
Phase 4
50
Not applicable
45
Unknown
150

Where trials run

United States
140
China
84
Italy
63
Canada
58
Germany
54
Poland
52
France
51
Spain
46
Japan
40
United Kingdom
38

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1MilanItaly50
2TampaUnited States43
3BarcelonaSpain39
4Chapel HillUnited States39
5Kansas CityUnited States38
6BostonUnited States37
7HoustonUnited States35
8ShanghaiChina35
9WarsawPoland35
10OrangeUnited States34

Terminations

Terminated
16
Withdrawn
8
Suspended
1
Stopped for recruitment
1.9%6 of 318 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
13
Recruitment
6
Business decision
4
COVID-19
1
Funding
1

Reasons are grouped from the sponsor's own wording with a rule-based classifier; the original text is shown below.

Recently stopped

TrialStatusStated reasonStopped
NCT04031469 Suspended Suspended Administrative 2030-12-10
NCT04224506 Withdrawn Withdrawn Company shifted focus 2030-07-31
NCT06419166 Withdrawn Withdrawn The study stopped early, before enrolling its first participant. 2027-10-01
NCT04965987 Withdrawn Withdrawn No funding 2026-12-31
NCT05403541 Terminated Terminated Sponsor Decision 2026-08-07
NCT06965309 Terminated Terminated Change of registrant 2026-02-11
NCT06869278 Withdrawn Withdrawn Legend discontinues the development of the IMP. 2025-06-17
NCT04226170 Terminated Terminated lack of enrollment 2025-04-30
NCT04963270 Terminated Terminated Sponsor decided to halt development of satralizumab in generalized myasthenia gravis and discontinued further dosing with the study drug (while the OLE period was ongoing) upon reviewing the primary results (DB period). 2024-09-02
NCT05218096 Terminated Terminated Sponsor decision 2024-04-03

Trial records