Zilucoplan for Severe gMG Exacerbations (NCT07215949) | Clinical Trial Compass
RecruitingPhase 3
Zilucoplan for Severe gMG Exacerbations
United States15 participantsStarted 2026-01-20
Plain-language summary
This is an open-label, multicenter, interventional phase 3b study in participants with AChR+ gMG and severe exacerbation that require hospitalization. Patients will receive subcutaneous zilucoplan injections daily for 12 weeks. Participation in the study will last for approximately 18 weeks.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Patient determined to have severe MG exacerbation (e.g. bulbar and/or respiratory symptoms requiring hospitalization, neck extension weakness)
* MGFA class II - IVb
* Male or female aged ≥18
* MG-ADL ≥6 in non-ocular domains
* Serology - AChR antibody positive (or historically available data)
* If female of child-bearing potential (i.e., not surgically sterile or post-menopausal defined as age \> 51 years without menses for ≥ 2 years), negative serum pregnancy test at screening
* Women of child-bearing potential or men with sexual partners of childbearing potential must be willing to use an acceptable method of birth control for the duration of the study and for 40 days after the last dose of study drug therapy. Acceptable methods of birth control include abstinence, oral contraceptives, the contraceptive patch, intra-uterine device, the contraceptive ring, and or barrier contraception such as condoms with spermicide.
* Completed or updated meningococcal vaccination or initiated meningococcal vaccination with appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis according to current USPI and ACIP guidelines
Exclusion Criteria:
* History of meningococcal disease
* Participants requiring intubation prior to study start.
* Recent significant infections which could have caused exacerbation e.g. sepsis and wound infections
* Pregnancy or lactating
* Recent surgery (\<4 weeks). Minor procedures/surgeries allowed at the discretion of the site principal investigator
* Current u…
What they're measuring
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Change from baseline to Week 2 in the Myasthenia Gravis - Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL) score