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Trial reportJournal of neuromuscular diseases2025

Long-term safety of cyclical rozanolixizumab in patients with generalized myasthenia gravis: Results from the Phase 3 MycarinG study and an open-label extension.

Ali A Habib, Artur Drużdż, Julian Grosskreutz, Renato Mantegazza, Sabrina Sacconi, Kimiaki Utsugisawa, Tuan Vu, John Vissing, Maryam Gayfieva, Irene Pulido-Valdeolivas and 4 more

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIIRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of neuromuscular diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03971422 phase3completednot on this map

A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study Evaluating Efficacy and Safety of Rozanolixizumab in Adult Patients With Generalized Myasthenia Gravis

TypeinterventionalSponsorUCB Biopharma SRLRan2019 to 2021Enrolled200ConditionsGeneralized Myasthenia GravisArmsRozanolixizumab, Placebo
NCT04650854 phase3completednot on this map

An Open-Label Extension Study to Evaluate Rozanolixizumab in Study Participants With Generalized Myasthenia Gravis

TypeinterventionalSponsorUCB Biopharma SRLRan2021 to 2024Enrolled165ConditionsGeneralized Myasthenia GravisArmsRozanolixizumab
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Italian recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of myasthenia gravis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Ali A HabibMDA ALS and Neuromuscular Center, Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA.
Artur DrużdżDepartment of Neurology, Municipal Hospital Poznań, Poznań, Poland.
Julian GrosskreutzPrecision Neurology of Neuromuscular Diseases, Department of Neurology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Renato MantegazzaFondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Istituto Nazionale Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
Sabrina SacconiUniversité Côte d'Azur, Peripheral Nervous System and Muscle Department, Pasteur 2 Hospital, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Nice, France.
Kimiaki UtsugisawaDepartment of Neurology, Hanamaki General Hospital, Hanamaki, Japan.
Tuan VuDepartment of Neurology, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA.
John VissingCopenhagen Neuromuscular Center, Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Maryam GayfievaUCB, Slough, UK.
Irene Pulido-ValdeolivasUCB, Madrid, Spain.
Thaïs TarancónUCB, Madrid, Spain.
Franz WolteringUCB, Monheim, Germany.
Vera BrilUniversity Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
MycarinG and MG0007 study investigators

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGeneralized myasthenia gravis (gMG) is a rare, chronic, fluctuating and heterogeneous autoimmune disease requiring lifelong treatment. The Phase 3 MycarinG study demonstrated the efficacy and safety of one 6-week cycle of weekly rozanolixizumab in adult patients with gMG. Open-label extension studies demonstrated consistent symptom improvement over additional treatment cycles.

objectiveTo present findings from pooled analyses on the long-term safety of repeated cycles of rozanolixizumab.

methodsData from the Phase 3 randomized MycarinG study (NCT03971422) and the ongoing open-label extension study MG0007 (NCT04650854) were pooled to assess safety outcomes during cyclical treatment, including incidence of any treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs), severe TEAEs, serious TEAEs and TEAEs leading to discontinuations. Additional analyses were performed for TEAEs, including headache, infections, and hypersensitivity reactions.

resultsAt data cutoff (July 8, 2022), a total of 188 patients in MycarinG and MG0007 had received ≥1 treatment cycle with rozanolixizumab; total time in studies was 174.71 patient-years. Overall, 169/188 (89.9%) patients experienced any TEAE: 89/188 (47.3%) experienced any headache (including migraine, migraine with aura); 85/188 (45.2%) experienced an infection; 25/188 (13.3%) experienced a hypersensitivity reaction. One patient experienced an event of aseptic meningitis. The majority of AEs were mild-to-moderate in intensity, and incidence did not increase with repeated cyclic treatment. A total of 50/188 (26.6%) patients experienced severe TEAEs, the most common of which were MG worsening in 4/133 (3.0%) and 7/131 (5.3%) patients in the rozanolixizumab 7 mg/kg and rozanolixizumab 10 mg/kg groups, respectively, MG crisis in 0 and 4/131 (3.1%) patients, and headache in 1/133 (0.8%) and 7/131 (5.3%) patients.

conclusionsThese pooled results, representing 174.71 patient-years in the studies, demonstrate that treatment with rozanolixizumab in patients with gMG was well tolerated, and TEAEs were consistent and did not increase in incidence over repeated cycles in this patient population.

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Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedMyasthenia GravisAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMulticenter Studies as TopicAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedACh receptorgeneralized myasthenia gravismonoclonal antibodyMuSKmyasthenia gravisneonatal Fc receptorrozanolixizumabsafety

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PMCPMC13142868

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