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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 18 March 2024
Main ID:  NCT03304054
Date of registration: 28/09/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Public title: Study to Evaluate Amifampridine Phosphate in Patients With MuSK-MG
Scientific title: A Randomized, Placebo-control, Parallel Group Study to Evaluate the Effect of Amifampridine Phosphate in Patients With MuSK Antibody Positive Myasthenia Gravis, and a Sample of AChR Antibody Positive Myasthenia Gravis Patients
Date of first enrolment: April 18, 2018
Target sample size: 93
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03304054
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Renato Mantegazza, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Carlo Besta Neurologic Institute
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Willing and able to provide written informed consent after the nature of the study has
been explained and before the start of any research-related procedures.

2. Male or female =18 years of age.

3. Positive serologic test for anti-MuSK antibodies or anti-AChR antibodies as confirmed
at Screening or by previous antibody test, with report available.

4. Confirmatory EMG or EMG report.

5. Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA) Class II to IV at Screening.

6. MG-ADL score of =6 at Screening, with more than 50% of this score attributed to
non-ocular items.

7. Patients receiving steroids or pyridostigmine should not have any modification of drug
regimen during the month before Screening.

8. Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test (serum
human chorionic gonadotropin [HCG] at screening); and must practice an effective,
reliable contraceptive regimen during the study and for up to 30 days following
discontinuation of treatment.

9. Ability to participate in the study based on overall health of the patient and disease
prognosis, as applicable, in the opinion of the Investigator; and able to comply with
all requirements of the protocol, including completion of study questionnaires.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Epilepsy and currently on medication.

2. Concomitant use of medicinal products with a known potential to cause QTc
prolongation.

3. Patients with long QT syndromes.

4. History of thymectomy within 12 months before Screening.

5. An electrocardiogram (ECG) within 6 months before starting treatment that shows
clinically significant abnormalities, in the opinion of the Investigator.

6. Breastfeeding or pregnant at Screening or planning to become pregnant at any time
during the study.

7. Patients receiving immunomodulatory treatment (e.g. plasma exchange [PE], therapeutic
plasma exchange [TPE], intravenous immunoglobulin G [IVIG]) should not have any
treatment in the previous 4 weeks prior to Randomization or at any time during the
study.

8. Use of rituximab or other similar biologic medications for immunomodulation within 6
months prior to Screening.

9. Treatment with an investigational drug (other than amifampridine) or device within 30
days before Screening or while participating in this study.

10. Any medical condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, might interfere with
the patient's participation in the study, poses an added risk for the patient, or
confound the assessment of the patient.

11. History of drug allergy to any pyridine-containing substances or any amifampridine
excipient(s).



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Myasthenia Gravis, Generalized
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo Oral Tablet
Drug: Amifampridine Phosphate
Primary Outcome(s)
Myasthenia Gravis-Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL) Summary by Time Point and Myasthenia Gravis Type: Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney Rank Sum Test Results [Time Frame: Last day (Day 0) of the Run-in period and at the post-treatment visit (i.e., day 10 or the time point at which a patient discontinued treatment early).]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Quantitative Myasthenia Gravis (QMG) Total Score Summary Statistics by Time Point and MG Type: Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney Rank Sum Test Results [Time Frame: Last day (Day 0) of the Run-in period and at the post-treatment visit (i.e., day 10 or the time at which a patient discontinued treatment early).]
Secondary ID(s)
MSK-002
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 13/08/2021
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT03304054
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