New drug aims to stop relapses in rare brain disease

NCT ID NCT05271409

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This phase 3 trial tests whether satralizumab can prevent relapses in people with MOGAD, a rare disease where the immune system attacks the brain and spinal cord. About 152 participants aged 12 and older will receive either the drug or a placebo. The main goal is to see if satralizumab delays the first relapse.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

satralizumab

What this could lead to

If it works, this could provide a new treatment to prevent relapses in people with MOGAD, reducing hospitalizations and disability.

What could go wrong

This is a single phase 3 trial with 152 participants. The drug may not significantly reduce relapses compared to placebo, and side effects are possible.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • AOU Policlinico V. Emanuele - P.O G. Rodolico

    Catania, Sicily, 95123, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona

    Verona, Veneto, 37134, Italy

  • Azienda Sanitaria Ospedaliera S. Luigi Gonzaga

    Orbassano, Piedmont, 10043, Italy

  • Brain and Mind Research Institute

    Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050, Australia

  • CH de Bicêtre

    Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, 94275, France

  • Centro de Pesquisas Clinicas

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 01228-200, Brazil

  • Chiba University Hospital

    Chiba, 260-8677, Japan

  • Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

    Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L1, Canada

  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44915, United States

  • ECRC Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Charité Campus Berlin Buch, Memory Clinic

    Berlin, 13125, Germany

  • Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Mondino IRCCS

    Pavia, Lombardy, 27100, Italy

  • Hadassah University Hospital Ein Kerem

    Jerusalem, 9112001, Israel

  • Hopital Pierre Wertheimer

    Bron, 69677, France

  • Hospital Universitario Gaffree e Guinle

    Rio de Janeiro, 20270-004, Brazil

  • Instituto de Neurologia de Curitiba

    Curitiba, Paraná, 81210-310, Brazil

  • Instituto do Cerebro do Rio Grande do Sul

    Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90610-000, Brazil

  • Johns Hopkins

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

  • Juntendo University Hospital

    Tokyo, 113-8431, Japan

  • Keio University Hospital

    Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan

  • Kitasato University Hospital

    Kanagawa, 252-0375, Japan

  • Klinika Neurologii I Wydzialu Lekarskiego WUM w Warszawie

    Warsaw, 02-097, Poland

  • Klinikum Großhadern, LMU

    Munich, 81377, Germany

  • Kobe University Hospital

    Hyōgo, 650-0017, Japan

  • Kyushu University Hospital

    Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

  • MUCH - Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital

    Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2B4, Canada

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • Mayo Clinic - Rochester

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55902, United States

  • Medical College of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

  • Medstar Georgetown University Hospital

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20007, United States

  • Memorial Healthcare Institute for Neurosciences and Multiple Sclerosis

    Owosso, Michigan, 48867, United States

  • Monash Medical Centre

    Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia

  • NYU Langone

    New York, New York, 10003, United States

  • National Cancer Center

    Goyang-si, 10408, South Korea

  • Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science

    Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia

  • Premier Neurology

    Greenville, South Carolina, 29605, United States

  • SPSK nr 1

    Zabrze, 41-800, Poland

  • Samsung Medical Center

    Seoul, 06351, South Korea

  • Seoul National University Hospital

    Seoul, 03080, South Korea

  • Southern Tohoku Medical Clinic

    Fukushima, 963-8052, Japan

  • St. Josef-Hospital, Klinik für Neurologie

    Bochum, 44791, Germany

  • The Jikei University Hospital

    Tokyo, 105-8471, Japan

  • The University of Osaka Hospital

    Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

  • Tohoku University Hospital

    Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan

  • Tokyo Medical University Hospital

    Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

  • University of California Irvine - Manchester Pavilion

    Irvine, California, 92697, United States

  • University of Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45267, United States

  • University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus (University of Colorado Health Sciences Center)

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville

    Gainesville, Florida, 32608, United States

  • Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf

    Düsseldorf, 40225, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Mannheim

    Mannheim, 68167, Germany

  • Vestische Kinder- und Jugendklinik Datteln

    Datteln, 45711, Germany

  • Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

  • Wielospecjalistyczna Poradnia Lekarska Synapsis

    Katowice, 40-123, Poland