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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.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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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

Other trials in United States

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

Other trials in Japan

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

Other trials in France

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

Other trials in Spain

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

Other trials in Russia

Italy7 sites
  • Mg0003 40283

    Bologna

  • Mg0003 40149

    Lazio

  • Mg0003 40144

    Milan

  • Mg0003 40307

    Naples

  • Mg0003 40146

    Pavia

  • Mg0003 40148

    Roma

  • Mg0003 40150

    Roma

Other trials in Italy

Germany6 sites
  • Mg0003 40134

    Essen

  • Mg0003 40140

    Göttingen

  • Mg0003 40135

    Gummersbach

  • Mg0003 40139

    Jena

  • Mg0003 40078

    Leipzig

  • Mg0003 40177

    Münster

Other trials in Germany

Canada4 sites
  • Mg0003 50067

    Calgary

  • Mg0003 50066

    Montreal

  • Mg0003 50070

    Québec

  • Mg0003 50069

    Toronto

Other trials in Canada

Denmark4 sites
  • Mg0003 40128

    Aalborg

  • Mg0003 40127

    Aarhus N

  • Mg0003 40126

    Copenhagen

  • Mg0003 40489

    Odense

Other trials in Denmark

Georgia4 sites
  • Mg0003 20160

    Tbilisi

  • Mg0003 20161

    Tbilisi

  • Mg0003 20163

    Tbilisi

  • Mg0003 20165

    Tbilisi

Other trials in Georgia

Poland4 sites
  • Mg0003 40155

    Gdansk

  • Mg0003 40154

    Lodz

  • Mg0003 40151

    Lublin

  • Mg0003 40153

    Poznan

Other trials in Poland

Taiwan4 sites
  • Mg0003 20080

    Taichung

  • Mg0003 20081

    Taipei

  • Mg0003 20086

    Taipei

  • Mg0003 20082

    Taoyuan

Other trials in Taiwan

Czechia2 sites
  • Mg0003 40125

    Ostrava

  • Mg0003 40124

    Prague

Other trials in Czechia

Hungary2 sites
  • Mg0003 40082

    Kistarcsa

  • Mg0003 40178

    Nyíregyháza

Other trials in Hungary

Serbia2 sites
  • Mg0003 40468

    Belgrade

  • Mg0003 40467

    Niš

Other trials in Serbia

United Kingdom2 sites
  • Mg0003 40175

    London

  • Mg0003 40168

    Nottingham

Other trials in United Kingdom

Belgium1 site
  • Mg0003 40121

    Brussels

Other trials in Belgium

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).

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 groups in NCT03971422
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Dosage Regimen 1ExperimentalStudy 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 2ExperimentalStudy participants randomized to dosage regimen 2 will receive assigned dosage of rozanolixizumab at pre-specified time points during Treatment Period.
Receives: Drug: Rozanolixizumab
PlaceboPlacebo comparatorStudy 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.

  1. 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)
  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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)

  8. 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.

  1. First posted3 Jun 2019
  2. Study start3 Jun 2019
  3. Primary completion31 Aug 2021
  4. Study completion26 Oct 2021

Resources

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)
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
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 37059507
  • Habib 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 39297052
  • Kaminski 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 40755069
  • Barnett-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 41205003
  • Bril 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 42388397
  • Regnault 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 38978809
  • Matic 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 38099334
  • Bril 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.

    PubMed 33219142

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