Promising drug targets childhood eye muscle disease
NCT ID NCT07298928
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a drug called Telitacicept in 30 children with ocular myasthenia gravis, a condition that causes droopy eyelids and double vision. The drug aims to reduce relapses and the need for steroids. It is given as a weekly shot alongside standard care. The trial is open-label and early-stage, so results are preliminary.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Telitacicept (a targeted B-cell biologic drug given as a shot)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new treatment option for children with ocular myasthenia gravis, reducing relapses and the need for steroids.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with no control group, so results may not be conclusive. The drug also carries risks like infection and is not yet approved for children.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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Up to 18 years
- 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: 1. The patient and their legal guardian voluntarily sign the informed consent form. 2. Age \< 18 years, male or female. 3. Diagnosis of OMG according to the Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis (2025 Edition). 4. Stable administration of any one or combination of the following standard treatments prior to enrollment: 1. Cholinesterase inhibitors 2. Glucocorticoids Exclusion Criteria: 1. Active infection under treatment: Patients who are HBsAg positive must be excluded. Patients who are HBsAg negative but HBcAb positive must undergo quantitative HBV-DNA testing. Patients with a positive quantitative HBV-DNA result must be excluded; those with a negative result may be enrolled. 2. Severe hepatic or renal insufficiency. 3. Patients with malignant tumors other than thymoma. 4. Patients within 3 months post-thymectomy. 5. Hypogammaglobulinemia (IgG \< 400 mg/dL) or IgA deficiency (IgA \< 10 mg/dL). 6. History of allergy to human-derived biological products. 7. Participation in any other clinical trial within 28 days prior to enrollment or within 5 times the half-life of the investigational drug from the previous trial (whichever is longer). 8. Patients deemed unsuitable for participation by the investigator (e.g., patients with severe psychiatric disorders).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Children's Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University
Jinan, Shandong, China
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Shenzhen children's Hospital of China Medical University
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310052, China
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