Can a new drug ease the muscle weakness of myasthenia gravis?
NCT ID NCT04650854
First seen Aug 20, 2026 · Last updated Aug 21, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial is testing an investigational drug called rozanolixizumab in people with generalized myasthenia gravis, a condition that causes muscle weakness. The study aims to see if repeated treatment cycles are safe and can help improve daily functioning. Participants receive the drug as a subcutaneous infusion over several weeks. The focus is on managing symptoms and improving quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- rozanolixizumab
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a new treatment option to help manage symptoms of generalized myasthenia gravis.
- What could go wrong
- This is an extension study, so it builds on earlier results. The treatment may not work for everyone, and side effects are possible.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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165 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2021
- Finished
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Jan 2024
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Study participant must meet one of the following: 1. completed MG0003 \[NCT03971422\] 2. required rescue therapy during the Observation Period in MG0003 or 3. completed at least 6 visits in MG0004 \[NCT04124965\] * Body weight ≥35 kg at Baseline (Day 1) * Study participants may be male or female Exclusion Criteria: * Study participant has a known hypersensitivity to any components of the study medication or other anti-neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) medications * Study participant with a known tuberculosis (TB) infection, at high risk of acquiring TB infection, or latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), or current/history of nontuberculous mycobacterial infection (NTMBI) * Study participant met any mandatory withdrawal or mandatory study drug discontinuation criteria in MG0003, or MG0004, or permanently discontinued study drug in either study * Study participant intends to have a live vaccination during the course of the study or within 8 weeks following the final dose of rozanolixizumab * Study participant with severe (defined as Grade 3 on the Myasthenia Gravis-Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL) scale) weakness affecting oropharyngeal or respiratory muscles, or who has myasthenic crisis or impending crisis
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mg0007 20001
Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Mg0007 20028
Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Mg0007 20032
Suita, Japan
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Mg0007 20035
Bunkyō City, Japan
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Mg0007 20055
Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Chiba, Japan
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Shinjuku-ku, Japan
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Mg0007 20071
Nagasaki, Japan
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Kobe, Japan
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Shinjuku-ku, Japan
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Sendai, Japan
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Hanamaki-shi, Japan
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Hiroshima, Japan
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Taipei, Taiwan
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Taipei, Taiwan
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Tbilisi, Georgia
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Tbilisi, Georgia
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Tbilisi, Georgia
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Tbilisi, Georgia
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Tbilisi, Georgia
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Novosibirsk, Russia
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Leipzig, Germany
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Prague, Czechia
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Ostrava - Poruba, Czechia
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Copenhagen, Denmark
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Aarhus, Denmark
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Aalborg, Denmark
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Bordeaux, France
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Strasbourg, France
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Nice, France
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Paris, France
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Essen, Germany
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Jena, Germany
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Göttingen, Germany
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Milan, Italy
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Pavia, Italy
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Roma, Italy
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Roma, Italy
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Lublin, Poland
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Poznan, Poland
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Lodz, Poland
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Gdansk, Poland
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L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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Barcelona, Spain
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Münster, Germany
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Bologna, Italy
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Naples, Italy
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San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain
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Murcia, Spain
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Limoges, France
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Niš, Serbia
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Montreal, Canada
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Toronto, Canada
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Québec, Canada
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Edmonton, Canada
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Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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Augusta, Georgia, 30912-0004, United States
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New York, New York, 10021, United States
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States
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Orange, California, 92868, United States
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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San Francisco, California, 94117, United States
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Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States
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Miami, Florida, 33144, United States
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Lexington, Kentucky, 40536-0284, United States
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Mg0007 50122
Miami, Florida, 33136, United States
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Mg0007 50124
Montreal, Canada
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Honolulu, Hawaii, 96817, United States
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