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A PHASE III, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, MULTICENTER STUDY TO EVALUATE EFFICACY, SAFETY, PHARMACOKINETICS, AND PHARMACODYNAMICS OF SATRALIZUMAB IN PATIENTS WITH GENERALIZED MYASTHENIA GRAVIS

A PHASE III, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, MULTICENTER STUDY TO EVALUATE EFFICACY, SAFETY, PHARMACOKINETICS, AND PHARMACODYNAMICS OF SATRALIZUMAB IN PATIENTS WITH GENERALIZED MYASTHENIA GRAVIS

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-jRCT2021210024
Enrollment
185
Registered
2021-07-30
Start date
2022-02-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Myasthenia Gravis

Interventions

Satralizumab: 120 mg or 180mg SC injection every 4 weeks (Q4W)

Sponsors

Ivana Vodopivec
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Signed Informed Consent Form 2. Age >= 12 years at time of signing Informed Consent Form 3. Confirmed diagnosis of gMG - Documented history of myasthenic weakness - MG severity of MGFA Class II, III, or IV at screening - The confirmation of the diagnosis has to be supported by positive serologic test for one of the three antibody types: anti-AChR, anti-MuSK or anti-LRP4 at screening 4. A total MG ADL score of >= 5 points at screening with more than 50% of this score attributed to non-ocular items 5. Ongoing gMG standard treatment at a stable dose 6. No contraindication to at least one of the rescue treatments: IVIg, PE, or high dose corticosteroids

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. History of thymic cysts, thymoma, thymic carcinoma or other neoplasm of the thymus as defined by the 2015 WHO classification of tumors of the thymus (Marx et al. 2015) unless deemed cured by adequate treatment with no evidence of recurrence for >= 5 years before screening. 2. History of thymectomy within 12 months prior to screening 3. Ocular MG (MGFA Class I) 4. Myasthenic crisis within the last 3 months prior to screening (MGFA Class V) 5. Known disease other than gMG that would interfere with the course and conduct of the study (such as severe RA or symptomatic [overt] hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism) 6. Patients receiving with prohibited therapy or prohibited medication

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Efficacy To evaluate the efficacy of satralizumab versus placebo on function in daily life in the acetylcholine receptor antibody seropositive (AChR+) population

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Safety, Efficacy, Exploratory, Phamacokinetics, Phamacodynamics, Other - To evaluate the efficacy of satralizumab versus placebo on function in daily life in the overall population (OP) - To evaluate the efficacy of satralizumab versus placebo in the AChR+ and OP on QMG, QoL, Fatigue, Clinical status and Disease severity - To evaluate the durability of the efficacy of satralizumab versus placebo in the AChR+ population and the OP - To evaluate the safety of satralizumab versus placebo - To confirm target engagement and pathway inhibition in response to satralizumab - To investigate the pharmacokinetics (PK) of satralizumab - To evaluate the immune response to satralizumab

Countries

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, United States

Contacts

Public ContactClinical trials information

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

clinical-trials@chugai-pharm.co.jp+81-120-189-706

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026