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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00306033
Date of registration: 21/03/2006
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University Health Network, Toronto
Public title: Intravenous Immune Globulin Treatment Compared to Placebo in Patients With Myasthenia Gravis
Scientific title: IVIG Treatment Compared to Placebo in Patients With Myasthenia Gravis: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Date of first enrolment: March 2004
Target sample size: 50
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00306033
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:     Vera Bril, MD
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Affiliation:  University Health Network, Toronto
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- age > or equal to 18 years old with a confirmed diagnosis of myasthenia gravis and
worsening weakness

Exclusion Criteria:

- age <18; severe myasthenia gravis requiring intensive care admission; change in
immunosuppresive medication in previous 3 months; patients with severe bulbar
weakness at risk for aspiration and respiratory failure; patients with other serious
underlying medical conditions (renal failure, congestive heart failure); unwilling to
provide informed consent.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Myasthenia Gravis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Intravenous ImmuneGlobulin
Primary Outcome(s)
change in the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA) Quantitative MG Score for Disease Severity
Secondary Outcome(s)
MGFA Post Intervention Status Scale, changes in single fiber eletromyography and repetitive nerve stimulation studies, changes in antiacetylcholine receptor antibody titers
Secondary ID(s)
03-0712-B
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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