A Multi-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial of the Efficacy and Safety of Tocilizumab in the Treatment of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis

V4.0, 20220410

Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study with optional open-label extension.

2022-07-21

2024-03-31

2024-09-30

Recruiting

Early phase I

64

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Diagnosis of MG with anti-AChRantibody. 2. MGFA Clinical Classification Class II, III, or IV. 3. MG-ADL score of 5 or greater at screening and at randomization with \> 50% of this score attributed to non-ocular items. 4. QMG score of 11 or greater. 5. Subjects must be on: 1. Cholinesterase inhibitor, with no dose increase within 4 weeks prior to randomization; 2. Corticosteroids, with no dose increase within 4 weeks prior to randomization; or/and c. non-steroidal IST (including azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil, tacrolimus, cyclosporine A), with continuous use for at least 6 months prior to randomization and no dose increase within 4 months prior to randomization. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Participants had clinically relevant active infections (such as sepsis, pneumonia, or abscess) or severe infections (resulting in hospitalization or requiring antibiotic treatment) in the 4 weeks before randomization; 2. Those with a history of high-risk tuberculosis infection, acquired tuberculosis infection, and chronic hepatitis; 3. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; 4. Thymomas that have received thymectomy or planned thymectomy during RCP within 6 months before randomization, or require chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy at any time; 5. Received rituximab treatment in the past 6 months before randomization; 6. Received tocilizumab or eculizumab treatment within 3 months before randomization; 7. Received IVIG or plasma exchange within 4 weeks before randomization; 8. Unresected thymoma. 9. History of other tumor diseases.

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2024-01-23