NCT07217587RecruitingPhase 3
Comparative Efficacy of Nipocalimab and Efgartigimod in Participants With Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
Efficacy and Safety of Nipocalimab vs Efgartigimod for Patients With Generalized Myasthenia Gravis in a Randomized, Open-label, Phase 3b, Interventional Trial Including Within Class Switching From Efgartigimod to Nipocalimab
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Nov 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to assess how well nipocalimab works when compared to efgartigimod in participants with generalized myasthenia gravis (a condition in which body's immune system mistakenly attacks and damages the connection between nerves and muscles causing muscle weakness).
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 115 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 15 Oct 2025
- Start date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Primary completion date
- 28 Sept 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC
- Diseases
- Myasthenia gravis
- NCT number
- NCT07217587
- EU CT number
- 2025-521130-28-00
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Planned participants: 115
- From 5 Jan 2026 to the primary completion date, 28 Sept 2027
- 42 sites in 7 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- Had a thymectomy within 1 year prior to baseline, or thymectomy is planned during the study
Other illness
- Any confirmed or suspected clinical immunodeficiency syndrome not related to treatment of his/her gMG, or has a family history of congenital or hereditary immunodeficiency unless confirmed absent in the participant
- Currently has a malignancy or has a history of malignancy within 3 years before baseline
- Criteria specific to Arms 1 and 2 only:
- \- Has received treatment for MG with an FcRn-targeting therapy
- Criteria specific to Arm 3 only:
- \- Is currently taking IgG monoclonal antibody therapeutics, or Fc-conjugated therapeutic agents, including factor or enzyme replacement, with the exception of efgartigimod
Who the study is looking for
- For all arms:
- Medically stable on the basis of physical examination, medical history, vital signs, clinical laboratory tests, and 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) performed at screening
- Diagnosis of myasthenia gravis (MG) with generalized muscle weakness meeting the clinical criteria for generalized MG (gMG) as defined by the Myasthenia gravis foundation of America (MGFA) clinical classification class II a/b, III a/b, or IV a/b at screening and positive for acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibodies
- Myasthenia Gravis-Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL) score of greater than or equal to (\>=) 5 with less than (\<) 50% of symptoms coming from ocular MG-ADL sub-scores at study screening and baseline (Day 1) visits
- Criteria specific to Arms 1 and 2 only:
- \- Has suboptimal response to current stable therapy for gMG according to the investigator or has discontinued corticosteroids and/or immunosuppressants/immunomodulators including eculizumab or other novel approved immune agents at least 4 weeks prior to baseline due to intolerance or lack of efficacy
- Criteria specific to Arm 3:
- \- Treatment with efgartigimod IV or subcutaneous (SC) for \>=1 cycle, and the final cycle is consistent with product information
Age in the registry: 18 years to 74 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (42)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical University of Vienna Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Vienna | Austria | Not yet recruiting |
| HOCH Health Ostschweiz - Kantonsspital St. Gallen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sankt Gallen | Switzerland | Recruiting |
| Klinikum Altenburger Land GmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Altenburg | Germany | Recruiting |
| Katholisches Klinikum Bochum gGmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bochum | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsklinikum Erlangen AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Erlangen | Germany | Recruiting |
| Medical Center- University of Freiburg Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Freiburg im Breisgau | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaet Muenster Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Muenster | Germany | Recruiting |
| Immanuel Klinik Ruedersdorf Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rüdersdorf | Germany | Recruiting |
| Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Clinic de Barcelona Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Donostia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Donostia | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Sebastián de los Reyes | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Virgen De La Macarena Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sevilla | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Valencia | Spain | Recruiting |
| Rambam Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Haifa | Israel | Recruiting |
| Sourasky Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tel Aviv | Israel | Recruiting |
| IRCCS Foundation Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Not yet recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale Antonio Cardarelli Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Naples | Italy | Not yet recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pisa | Italy | Not yet recruiting |
| Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rome | Italy | Not yet recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Sant Andre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rome | Italy | Not yet recruiting |
| Austin Neuromuscular Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Austin | United States | Recruiting |
| SFM Clinical Research LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boca Raton | United States | Recruiting |
| Research of the Rockies LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Colorado Springs | United States | Recruiting |
| Neurology Clinic, PC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cordova | United States | Recruiting |
| Texas Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dallas | United States | Recruiting |
| Henry Ford Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Detroit | United States | Recruiting |
| Michigan State University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | East Lansing | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Connecticut Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Farmington | United States | Recruiting |
| Advanced Neurology of Colorado Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fort Collins | United States | Completed |
| Neurology Center of New England, PC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Foxborough | United States | Recruiting |
| Neurology Center of North Orange County Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fullerton | United States | Recruiting |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Recruiting |
| Josephson Wallack Munshower Neurology, PC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Indianapolis | United States | Recruiting |
| EvergreenHealth Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kirkland | United States | Recruiting |
| Tulane Center for Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Orleans | United States | Recruiting |
| Equity Medical Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Recruiting |
| HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | O'Fallon | United States | Recruiting |
| The Neurology Group Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pomona | United States | Recruiting |
| Velocity Clinical Research, Inc. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Raleigh | United States | Recruiting |
| Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Winston-Salem | United States | Recruiting |
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