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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03914638
Date of registration: 11/04/2019
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Aarhus
Public title: Beta-agonist Efficacy and Tolerability as Adjuvant Therapy in Myasthenia Gravis BETA-MG
Scientific title: Beta-agonist Efficacy and Tolerability as Adjuvant Therapy in Myasthenia Gravis
Date of first enrolment: April 1, 2019
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03914638
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator).  
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Denmark
Contacts
Name:     Jan LS Thomsen, MD
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Affiliation:  Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University
Name:     Jan LS Thomsen, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 78450000
Email: jathms@rm.dk
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Generalized myasthenia gravis (MGFA IIa-IVb) at screening, verified by = 1 of the
following: 1) AchR-antibodies in medical history, 2) Abnormal decrement on repetitive
nerve stimulation in medical history

- Disease duration of = 1 year

- Stable dose of antimyasthenic medications at screening

- Residual symptoms with a MG-QOL15 score of = 10

- Age = 18 years

- Ability to understand the requirements of the trial and provide written, informed
consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Evidence of malignancy = 3 years prior to screening, unless deemed completely cured

- Thymectomy = 6 months prior to screening

- Impending MG crisis or respiratory insufficiency

- Worsening of MG symptoms due to other diseases or medications (e.g. infection,
beta-blockers, aminoglycosides, etc.)

- Other factor(s) or medical condition(s) that may explain residual symptoms

- Pregnancy or breast-feeding

- Treatment with beta-agonists

- Uncontrolled diabetes

- Ischemic Heart Disease, Cardiac Arrhythmia or Heart Failure (including hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy)

- Uncontrolled Hypertension (= 160/110)

- Known hypersensitivity to any of the study drug components

- Treatment with tricyclic antidepressants, monoamineoxidase inhibitors, digoxine, or
methylxanthines.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Myasthenia Gravis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Salbutamol 4Mg Tablet
Drug: Placebo oral capsule
Primary Outcome(s)
Treatment Tolerability [Time Frame: 8 weeks (Treatment Period 1), 8 weeks (Treatment Period 2)]
Myasthenia Gravis Quality of Life 15-items (MG-QOL15) [Time Frame: 8 weeks (Treatment Period 1), 8 weeks (Treatment Period 2)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Quantitative Myasthenia Gravis (QMG) [Time Frame: 8 weeks (Treatment Period 1), 8 weeks (Treatment Period 2)]
Myasthenia Gravis Composite (MG-Composite) [Time Frame: 8 weeks (Treatment Period 1), 8 weeks (Treatment Period 2)]
Myasthenia Gravis Activity of Daily Living (MG-ADL) [Time Frame: 8 weeks (Treatment Period 1), 8 weeks (Treatment Period 2)]
Neuro QOL [Time Frame: 8 weeks (Treatment Period 1), 8 weeks (Treatment Period 2)]
Secondary ID(s)
BETA-MG-01
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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