Generalized Myasthenia GravisPhase 3NCT03971422
A Study to Test Efficacy and Safety of Rozanolixizumab in Adult Patients With Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
A Phase 3 study testing Rozanolixizumab in people with Generalized Myasthenia Gravis, run by UCB Biopharma SRL at 112 sites in 17 countries.
Trial summary
The purpose of the MycarinGstudy is to demonstrate the clinical efficacy and to assess safety and tolerability of rozanolixizumab in patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (MG). Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
- What is being tested?
- Rozanolixizumab
- Type of treatment
- Injection or infusion
- Could I receive a placebo?
- Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
- How many people
- 200 participants
- Where
- 112 sitesin 17 countries
- Study dates
- 3 Jun 2019to 26 Oct 2021
- Phase
- Phase 3
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Study participant must be ≥18 years of age, at the time of signing the informed consent
- Study participant has documented diagnosis of generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) at Visit 1, based on study participant's history and supported by previous evaluations
- Study participant has a confirmed positive record of autoantibodies against acetylcholine receptor (AChR) or muscle-specific kinase (MuSK) at Screening (Visit 1).The presence of autoantibodies may be confirmed with repeat testing at Visit 1
- Study participant has Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA) Class II to IVa at Visit 1
- Study participant with a Myasthenia Gravis-Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL) score of at least 3 (with ≥3 points from non-ocular symptom) AND a quantitative myasthenia gravis (QMG) score of at least 11 at Visit 1 and at Baseline (Visit 2)
- Study participant is considered for additional treatment such as intravenous immunoglobulin g (IVIg) or plasma exchange (PEX) by the Investigator
Who cannot join
- Study participant has a known history of hyperprolinemia
- Study participant has a clinically relevant active infection (eg, sepsis, pneumonia, or abscess) in the opinion of the Investigator, or had a serious infection (resulting in hospitalization or requiring parenteral antibiotic treatment) within 6 weeks prior to the first dose of investigational medicinal product (IMP)
- Study participant with a known tuberculosis (TB) infection, at high risk of acquiring TB infection, or latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), or current/history of nontuberculous mycobacterial infection (NTMBI) will be excluded
- Study participant has experienced hypersensitivity reaction after exposure to other anti-neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) drugs
- Study participant with severe (defined as Grade 3 on the Myasthenia Gravis-Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL) scale) weakness affecting oropharyngeal or respiratory muscles, or who has myasthenic crisis or impending crisis at Visit 1 or Visit 2
- Study participant has a history of a solid organ transplant or hematopoietic stem cell/marrow transplant
Trial locations and contacts
112 sites in 17 countries.
112 sites in 17 countries
United States30 sites
Mg0003 50110
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109
Mg0003 50075
Augusta, Georgia, 30912
Mg0003 50101
Aurora, Colorado, 80045
Mg0003 50084
Charleston, South Carolina, 29425
Mg0003 50117
Charlotte, North Carolina, 28204
Mg0003 50086
Charlotte, North Carolina, 28207
Mg0003 50109
Chicago, Illinois, 60637
Mg0003 50076
Columbus, Ohio, 43210
Mg0003 50102
Detroit, Michigan, 48202
Mg0003 50074
Fairway, Kansas, 66205
Mg0003 50323
Honolulu, Hawaii, 96817
Mg0003 50113
Houston, Texas, 77030
Mg0003 50114
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202
Mg0003 50121
Lexington, Kentucky, 40536
Mg0003 50072
Los Angeles, California, 90033
Mg0003 50122
Miami, Florida, 33136
Mg0003 50120
Miami, Florida, 33144
Mg0003 50077
New York, New York, 10021
Mg0003 50092
Orange, California, 92868
Mg0003 50096
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104
Mg0003 50089
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19140
Mg0003 50081
Phoenix, Arizona, 85013
Mg0003 50104
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905
Mg0003 50097
San Francisco, California, 94109
Mg0003 50099
San Francisco, California, 94117
Mg0003 50082
Scottsdale, Arizona, 85251
Mg0003 50105
St Louis, Missouri, 63110
Mg0003 50073
Tampa, Florida, 33612
Mg0003 50088
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20037
Mg0003 50090
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157
Japan12 sites
Mg0003 20035
Bunkyō City
Mg0003 20068
Chiba
Mg0003 20078
Hanamaki-Shi
Mg0003 20079
Hiroshima
Mg0003 20075
Kobe
Mg0003 20071
Nagasaki
Mg0003 20074
Ōsaka-sayama
Mg0003 20067
Sapporo
Mg0003 20077
Sendai
Mg0003 20070
Shinjuku-Ku
Mg0003 20076
Shinjuku-Ku
Mg0003 20032
Suita
France11 sites
Mg0003 40129
Bordeaux
Mg0003 40070
Clermont-Ferrand
Mg0003 40512
Garches
Mg0003 40510
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
Mg0003 40360
Limoges
Mg0003 40426
Lyon
Mg0003 40130
Marseille
Mg0003 40017
Nantes
Mg0003 40132
Nice
Mg0003 40133
Paris
Mg0003 40131
Strasbourg
Spain9 sites
Mg0003 40159
Barcelona
Mg0003 40160
Barcelona
Mg0003 40267
Barcelona
Mg0003 40157
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Mg0003 40161
Madrid
Mg0003 40162
Madrid
Mg0003 40341
Málaga
Mg0003 40350
Murcia
Mg0003 40308
San Sebastián de los Reyes
Russia8 sites
Mg0003 20168
Krasnoyarsk
Mg0003 20027
Moscow
Mg0003 20169
Novosibirsk
Mg0003 20001
Saint Petersburg
Mg0003 20028
Saint Petersburg
Mg0003 20029
Saint Petersburg
Mg0003 20055
Saint Petersburg
Mg0003 20197
Samara
Italy7 sites
Mg0003 40283
Bologna
Mg0003 40149
Lazio
Mg0003 40144
Milan
Mg0003 40307
Naples
Mg0003 40146
Pavia
Mg0003 40148
Roma
Mg0003 40150
Roma
Germany6 sites
Mg0003 40134
Essen
Mg0003 40140
Göttingen
Mg0003 40135
Gummersbach
Mg0003 40139
Jena
Mg0003 40078
Leipzig
Mg0003 40177
Münster
Canada4 sites
Mg0003 50067
Calgary
Mg0003 50066
Montreal
Mg0003 50070
Québec
Mg0003 50069
Toronto
Denmark4 sites
Mg0003 40128
Aalborg
Mg0003 40127
Aarhus N
Mg0003 40126
Copenhagen
Mg0003 40489
Odense
Georgia4 sites
Mg0003 20160
Tbilisi
Mg0003 20161
Tbilisi
Mg0003 20163
Tbilisi
Mg0003 20165
Tbilisi
Poland4 sites
Mg0003 40155
Gdansk
Mg0003 40154
Lodz
Mg0003 40151
Lublin
Mg0003 40153
Poznan
Taiwan4 sites
Mg0003 20080
Taichung
Mg0003 20081
Taipei
Mg0003 20086
Taipei
Mg0003 20082
Taoyuan
About this study
Official title: A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study Evaluating Efficacy and Safety of Rozanolixizumab in Adult Patients With Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
The purpose of the MycarinGstudy is to demonstrate the clinical efficacy and to assess safety and tolerability of rozanolixizumab in patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (MG).
- Conditions
- Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
- Being tested
- Rozanolixizumab, Placebo
- Keywords
- UCB7665, generalized myasthenia gravis, rozanolixizumab, gMG
- Medical subject headings
- Myasthenia Gravis
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
RozanolixizumabDrug
Also called UCB7665
Rozanolixizumab will be administered by subcutaneous infusion in dosage regimen 1 or 2.
PlaceboOther
Also called PBO
Subjects will receive placebo at pre-specified time points.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Dosage Regimen 1 | Experimental | Study participants randomized to dosage regimen 1 will receive assigned dosage of rozanolixizumab at pre-specified time points during Treatment Period. Receives: Drug: Rozanolixizumab |
| Dosage Regimen 2 | Experimental | Study participants randomized to dosage regimen 2 will receive assigned dosage of rozanolixizumab at pre-specified time points during Treatment Period. Receives: Drug: Rozanolixizumab |
| Placebo | Placebo comparator | Study participants randomized to this arm will receive placebo. Receives: Other: Placebo |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change From Baseline to Day 43 in Myasthenia Gravis-Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL) Score
The Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL) is an 8-item patient-reported outcome (PRO) instrument developed on the basis of the Quantitative Myasthenia Gravis (QMG). The MG-ADL targeted symptoms and disability across ocular, bulbar, respiratory, and axial symptoms. The total MG-ADL score was obtained by summing the responses to each individual item (8 items; Grades: 0, 1, 2, 3), where 0 represents no symptoms or impaired performance and 3 represents the most severe symptoms or impaired performance. The total score ranges from 0 to 24, with a higher score indicating more disability. A positive change in the score indicates worsening and a negative change indicates improvement.
Measured: Baseline and Day 43
Secondary outcomes (8)
Percentage of Participants Achieving Myasthenia Gravis-Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL) Response at Day 43
The MG-ADL is an 8-item PRO instrument developed on the basis of the QMG. The MG-ADL targeted symptoms and disability across ocular, bulbar, respiratory, and axial symptoms. The total MG-ADL score was obtained by summing the responses to each individual item (8 items; Grades: 0, 1, 2, 3), where 0 represents no symptoms or impaired performance and 3 represents the most severe symptoms or impaired performance. The total score ranges from 0 to 24, with a higher score indicating more disability. A positive change in the score indicates worsening and a negative change indicates improvement. Study participants were classified as responders at Day 43 if the value was at least a 2-point improvement (decrease) from Baseline at Day 43.
Measured: Day 43
Change From Baseline to Day 43 in Myasthenia Gravis-Composite (MG-C) Total Score
MG-C scale is a validated assessment and scale tests 10 items with individual item being weighted differently. The items included ptosis/upward gaze (range: 0 [>45 second] - 3 [Immediate]), double vision on lateral gaze (range: 0 [>45 second] - 4 [Immediate]), eye closure (range: 0 [Normal] - 2 [severe weakness]), talking (range: 0 [Normal] - 6 [difficult to understand speech]), chewing (range: 0 [Normal] - 6 [gastric tube]), swallowing (range: 0 [Normal] - 6 [gastric tube]), breathing (range: 0 [Normal] - 9 [ventilator dependence]), neck flexion (range: 0 [Normal] - 4 [severe weakness]), shoulder abduction (range: 0 [Normal] - 5 [severe weakness]) and hip flexion (range: 0 [Normal] - 5 [severe weakness]), lower scores= lower disease activity. Total MG-C score was obtained by summing responses to each individual item and score ranges from 0 to 50, with lower scores indicating lower disease activity. A positive change indicates worsening and a negative change indicates improvement.
Measured: Baseline and Day 43
Change From Baseline to Day 43 in Quantitative Myasthenia Gravis (QMG) Total Score
The QMG is a validated assessment and the scale tested 13 items, including ocular and facial involvement, swallowing, speech, limb strength, and forced vital capacity. The total QMG score was obtained by summing the responses to each individual item (13 items; Responses: None=0, Mild=1, Moderate=2, Severe=3) and the score ranges from 0 to 39, with lower scores indicating lower disease activity. A positive change in the score indicates worsening and a negative change indicates improvement.
Measured: Baseline and Day 43
Change From Baseline to Day 43 in the Myasthenia Gravis (MG) Symptoms Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) 'Muscle Weakness Fatigability' Score
MG symptoms PRO instrument consisted of 42 items across 5 scales: ocular muscle weakness (items 1-5); bulbar muscle weakness (items 6-15); respiratory muscle weakness (items 16-18); physical fatigue (items 19-33) and muscle weakness fatigability (items 34-42). Study participants were asked to choose response option that how frequently they experienced muscle weakness fatigability (items 34-42) over the past 7 days using a 5-point Likert scale (1="none of the time" to 5="all of the time") for each item. Sum of each item score is linearly transformed to have all domain scores ranging from 0 to 100. Total score is calculated as: (sum of item scores within the scale)/(raw score range) x (total number of items in the scale)/(number of non-missing items in the scale) x100 and ranged from 0 to 100, where higher scores indicated severe symptoms.
Measured: Baseline and Day 43
Change From Baseline to Day 43 in the Myasthenia Gravis (MG) Symptoms Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) 'Physical Fatigue' Score
The MG symptoms PRO instrument consisted of 42 items across 5 scales: ocular muscle weakness (items 1-5); bulbar muscle weakness (items 6-15); respiratory muscle weakness (items 16-18); physical fatigue (items 19-33) and muscle weakness fatigability (items 34-42). Study participants were asked to choose the response option that how frequently they experienced physical fatigue (items 19-33) over the past 7 days using a 5-point Likert scale (1="none of the time" to 5="all of the time") for each item. Sum of each item score is linearly transformed to have all domain scores ranging from 0 to 100. Total score is calculated as: (sum of item scores within the scale)/(raw score range) x (total number of items in the scale)/(number of non-missing items in the scale) x100 and ranged from 0 to 100, where higher scores indicated severe symptoms.
Measured: Baseline and Day 43
Change From Baseline to Day 43 in the Myasthenia Gravis (MG) Symptoms Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) 'Bulbar Symptoms' Score
The MG symptoms PRO instrument consisted of 42 items across 5 scales: ocular muscle weakness (items 1-5); bulbar muscle weakness (items 6-15); respiratory muscle weakness (items 16-18); physical fatigue (items 19-33) and muscle weakness fatigability (items 34-42). Study participants were asked to choose response option that best described severity of bulbar muscle weakness (items 6-15) symptoms over past 7 days using a 4-point Likert scale (1="none" to 4="severe") for each item. Sum of each item score is linearly transformed to have all domain scores ranging from 0 to 100. Total score is calculated as: (sum of item scores within the scale)/(raw score range) x (total number of items in the scale)/(number of non-missing items in the scale) x100 and ranged from 0 to 100, where higher scores indicated severe symptoms.
Measured: Baseline and Day 43
Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)
A TEAE is defined as an AE starting on or after the time of first administration of investigational medicinal product (IMP) up to and including 8 weeks after the last dose.
Measured: From Baseline until End of Study Visit (up to Week 14)
Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) Leading to Withdrawal of Investigational Medicinal Product (IMP)
A TEAE is defined as an AE starting on or after the time of first administration of IMP up to and including 8 weeks after the last dose.
Measured: From Baseline until End of Study Visit (up to Week 14)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted3 Jun 2019
- Study start3 Jun 2019
- Primary completion31 Aug 2021
- Study completion26 Oct 2021
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Publications (8)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Generalized Myasthenia GravisStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by UCB Biopharma SRLThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Quadruple blind
- Who is masked
- Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 200 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- UCB Biopharma SRL
- Sponsor type
- Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- UCB Cares, Study director, +1 844 599 2273 (UCB)
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03971422
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- MG0003
- Other IDs
- 2019-000968-18, 2019
- Status last verified
- Aug 2026
- First submitted
- 29 May 2019
- Last updated
- 20 Aug 2026
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- Yes
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: Data from this trial may be requested by qualified researchers six months after product approval in the US and/or Europe, or global development is discontinued, and 18 months after trial completion. Investigators may request access to anonymized individual patient-level data and redacted trial documents which may include: analysis-ready datasets, study protocol, annotated case report form, statistical analysis plan, dataset specifications, and clinical study report. Prior to use of the data, proposals need to be approved by an independent review panel at www.Vivli.org and a signed data sharing agreement will need to be executed. All documents are available in English only, for a prespecified time, typically 12 months, on a password protected portal. This plan may change if the risk of re-identifying trial participants is determined to be too high after the trial is completed; in this case and to protect participants, individual patient-level data would not be made available.
Publications
Bril V, Druzdz A, Grosskreutz J, Habib AA, Mantegazza R, Sacconi S, Utsugisawa K, Vissing J, Vu T, Boehnlein M, Bozorg A, Gayfieva M, Greve B, Woltering F, Kaminski HJ; MG0003 study team. Safety and efficacy of rozanolixizumab in patients with generalised myasthenia gravis (MycarinG): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, adaptive phase 3 study. Lancet Neurol. 2023 May;22(5):383-394. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(23)00077-7.
PubMed 37059507Habib AA, Sacconi S, Antonini G, Cortes-Vicente E, Grosskreutz J, Mahuwala ZK, Mantegazza R, Pascuzzi RM, Utsugisawa K, Vissing J, Vu T, Wiendl H, Boehnlein M, Greve B, Woltering F, Bril V. Efficacy and safety of rozanolixizumab in patients with muscle-specific tyrosine kinase autoantibody-positive generalised myasthenia gravis: a subgroup analysis of the randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, adaptive phase III MycarinG study. Ther Adv Neurol Disord. 2024 Sep 12;17:17562864241273036. doi: 10.1177/17562864241273036. eCollection 2024.
PubMed 39297052Kaminski HJ, Antozzi C, Habib AA, Pascuzzi RM, Sacconi S, Utsugisawa K, Vissing J, Regnault A, Hareendran A, Grimson F, Tarancon T, Bril V; MycarinG study investigators. Improvement in Patient-Reported Symptoms of Generalised Myasthenia Gravis With Rozanolixizumab in the Randomised Phase 3 MycarinG Study Using the MG Symptoms PRO. Eur J Neurol. 2025 Aug;32(8):e70231. doi: 10.1111/ene.70231.
PubMed 40755069Barnett-Tapia C, Cortes Vicente E, Pascuzzi RM, Utsugisawa K, Bloemers J, Grimson F, Tarancon T, Bril V; MycarinG study investigators. Measuring the effect of rozanolixizumab using the Myasthenia Gravis Impairment Index: analyses from the randomized phase 3 MycarinG study. J Neurol. 2025 Nov 8;272(12):752. doi: 10.1007/s00415-025-13480-8.
PubMed 41205003Bril V, Druzdz A, Grosskreutz J, Habib AA, Mantegazza R, Sacconi S, Utsugisawa K, Vu T, Boehnlein M, Grimson F, Houston N, Kerbusch V, Pulido-Valdeolivas I, Tarancon T, Vissing J. Long-term use of rozanolixizumab in generalised myasthenia gravis: final pooled analysis of the phase III MycarinG study and two open-label extensions. Ther Adv Neurol Disord. 2026 Jun 29;19:17562864261458532. doi: 10.1177/17562864261458532. eCollection 2026.
PubMed 42388397Regnault A, Habib AA, Creel K, Kaminski HJ, Morel T. Clinical meaningfulness and psychometric robustness of the MG Symptoms PRO scales in clinical trials in adults with myasthenia gravis. Front Neurol. 2024 Jun 24;15:1368525. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1368525. eCollection 2024.
PubMed 38978809Matic A, Alfaidi N, Bril V. An evaluation of rozanolixizumab-noli for the treatment of anti-AChR and anti-MuSK antibody-positive generalized myasthenia gravis. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2023 Jul-Dec;23(12):1163-1171. doi: 10.1080/14712598.2023.2296126. Epub 2023 Dec 28.
PubMed 38099334Bril V, Benatar M, Andersen H, Vissing J, Brock M, Greve B, Kiessling P, Woltering F, Griffin L, Van den Bergh P; MG0002 Investigators. Efficacy and Safety of Rozanolixizumab in Moderate to Severe Generalized Myasthenia Gravis: A Phase 2 Randomized Control Trial. Neurology. 2021 Feb 9;96(6):e853-e865. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011108. Epub 2020 Nov 20.
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