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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

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Registration number
NCT02301624
Ethics application status
Date submitted
22/11/2014
Date registered
26/11/2014
Date last updated
5/02/2020

Titles & IDs
Public title
Extension Study of ECU-MG-301 to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of Eculizumab in Refractory Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
Scientific title
A Phase III, Open-label Extension Trial of ECU-MG-301 to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Eculizumab in Subjects With Refractory Generalized Myasthenia Gravis (gMG)
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2013-002191-41
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ECU-MG-302
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Refractory Generalized Myasthenia Gravis 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Inflammatory and Immune System 0 0 0 0
Autoimmune diseases
Neurological 0 0 0 0
Other neurological disorders
Musculoskeletal 0 0 0 0
Other muscular and skeletal disorders

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Other interventions - Eculizumab
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo

Experimental: Eculizumab/Eculizumab - Blind Induction Phase: Participants who had received blinded treatment with eculizumab in Study ECU-MG-301 were administered eculizumab (4 vials/1200 milligrams [mg]) on Day 1 and Week 2 and placebo (4 vials/0 mg) at Weeks 1 and 3.
Open-Label Maintenance Phase: Participants received open-label eculizumab (4 vials/1200 mg) every 2 weeks starting at Week 4 and continued throughout the study.
Eculizumab 1200 mg was administered for up to 4 years in this extension study.

Experimental: Placebo/Eculizumab - Blind Induction Phase: Participants who had received blinded treatment with placebo in Study ECU-MG-301 were administered eculizumab/placebo (3 vials/900 mg, plus 1 vial/0 mg, respectively) on Day 1 and Weeks 1 through 3.
Open-Label Maintenance Phase: Participants received open-label eculizumab (4 vials/1200 mg) every 2 weeks starting at Week 4 and continued throughout the study.
Eculizumab 1200 mg was administered for up to 4 years in this extension study.


Other interventions: Eculizumab
Intravenous administration of eculizumab.

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo
Intravenous administration of matching placebo. Participants received placebo only during the Blind Induction Phase.
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Other interventions
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Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Count Of Participants With Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Day 1 (after dosing) through End of Study (Week 208)
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Change From Baseline In Myasthenia Gravis Activities Of Daily Living Profile (MG-ADL) Total Score At Week 4 And Week 130
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline, Week 4 and Week 130

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
1. Participant has completed Study ECU-MG-301.

2. Participant has given written informed consent.

3. Participant was willing and able to comply with the protocol requirements for the
duration of the study.

4. Female participant of childbearing potential must have had a negative pregnancy test
(serum human chorionic gonadotropin). All participants were required to practice an
effective, reliable, and medically approved contraceptive regimen during the study and
for up to 5 months following discontinuation of treatment.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
1. Participants who withdrew from Study ECU-MG-301 as a result of an adverse event
related to study drug.

2. Female participants who were pregnant, breastfeeding, or intended to conceive during
the course of the study.

3. Unresolved meningococcal infection

4. Hypersensitivity to murine proteins or to one of the excipients of eculizumab

5. Any medical condition or circumstances that, in the opinion of the investigator, might
have interfered with the participant's participation in the study, posed any added
risk for the participant, or confounded the assessment of the participants.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Non-randomised trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
12/11/2014
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
15/01/2019
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
117
Recruitment in Australia
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Recruitment outside Australia
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
Name
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Address
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of eculizumab in the treatment of refractory generalized
myasthenia gravis (gMG) as an extension study for the participants who previously completed
Study ECU-MG-301(NCT01997229).
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02301624
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes
This record is viewable in the ANZCTR as it had previously listed Australia and/or New Zealand as a recruitment site, however these sites have since been removed

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Marcus Yountz, MD
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Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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