Active clinical trials for "Myasthenia Gravis"

The purpose of this study is to determine if eculizumab is safe and effective for the treatment of refractory generalized Myasthenia Gravis.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Hizentra is a safe and effective treatment for people with myasthenia gravis (MG).

This is a randomized controlled clinical study. The investigators screen of eligible patients, randomized divide into the following two groups: corticosteroids + azathioprine group, corticosteroids + leflunomide group. The investigators treat the enrolled patients, estimate efficacy and observed the side effects according to the requirements of program. The investigators establish a clinical database for recording patients date and statistical analysis. Evaluation of short-term and long-term efficacy of thymectomized myasthenia gravis patients in the different group prove that what kind of treatment can improve the cure rate. The investigators will evaluate the acute toxicity (gastrointestinal side effects, liver and kidney dysfunction) and long-term toxicity (immune dysfunction, gonadal suppression) when the investigators apply these therapy in the treatment of different clinical types of myasthenia gravis.

Myasthenia gravis is a disease that happens because the immune system attacks the nervous system. The damage is caused by antibodies produced by B lymphocytes. These antibodies damage a special part of the muscle that helps transmit impulses from nerves to muscles to allow muscles to work properly. This damage results in symptoms of myasthenia gravis. Participants are being asked to participate in this research study because their myasthenia gravis has either failed to respond to treatments commonly used in the disease, or they have had bad side-effects from such treatments. This is a research study of a drug called Rituximab. Rituximab, also called Rituxan, is a mouse antibody that has been changed to make it similar to a human antibody. Antibodies are proteins that can protect the body from foreign invaders, such as bacteria and viruses, by binding to substances called antigens. Rituxan works by binding to a protein, called the CD20 protein. Rituxan helps to destroy white blood cells that produce antibodies in the body, called B-lymphocytes. It is a treatment given through a vein in the participant's arm over a period of approximately 4-6 hours. It has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in patients with a form of cancer of the lymph glands called Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL). Rituximab is not approved for their myasthenia gravis. Treatment with Rituximab is being tried in this research study because Rituximab decreases B lymphocytes. There is preliminary evidence that Rituximab helps some patients with chronic and otherwise difficult to treat myasthenia gravis.

This 2 arm study will provide optional continuation of double-blind treatment with CellCept or placebo, in patients with myasthenia gravis who have achieved good symptom control in study WX17798. Patients who have completed 36 weeks of treatment in study WX17798, with stable prednisone dosing for the last 4 weeks, can continue on blinded treatment with CellCept (1g bid) or placebo until the database for WX17798 is locked and unblinded. The anticipated time on study treatment is 3-12 months, and the target sample size is 100-500 individuals.

Study CV-0003 will be the second clinical trial administering CV-MG01 in humans. This will be a phase 2/3 proof-of-efficacy therapeutic confirmatory study following the proof-of-concept exploratory phase 1 study (CV-0002).

This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PD), immunogenicity, and efficacy of subcutaneous (SC) ALXN1830 in adults with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG).

The study is a controlled, randomized intervention trial. Patients are randomized into either an intervention group or a control group. The duration of the study is 10 weeks. Patients in the intervention group participate in a 10 weeks exercise program consisting of 150 minutes interval walking per week administered by an app on the patient's telephone. Patients in the control group live as usually, with a maximum of 30 minutes aerobic exercise per week. Before and after the 10 weeks study period, patients (from both the intervention and the control group) participate in a 2 hours session of functional testing (e.g. walk tests, test of muscle strength ect.) at Rigshospitalet.

The objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of a personalized patient education program to the current hospital education and evaluate its impact using patient satisfaction scores. The investigators hypothesize that a personalized patient education intervention will increase patient's understanding of their diagnosis and satisfaction with the care as reflected in the survey results.

Generalized fatigue in myasthenia gravis results in physical deconditioning that reduces fitness and increases risk of obesity, hypertension, elevated cholesterol and type 2 diabetes. This study will examine how active and fit are 30 individuals with chronic, generalized myasthenic subjects. This study will also determine whether a 3 month home exercise program with aerobic, resistive, and pulmonary training can improve physical activity, strength, fitness, lung function and reduce cardiovascular disease risk.