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1. Current management of myasthenia gravis in Belgium: a single-center experience.

Author: Mercelis R, Alonso-Jiménez A, and Van Schil P
Subjects: Humans, Female, Male, Belgium, Pyridostigmine Bromide therapeutic use, Diplopia drug therapy, Myasthenia Gravis diagnosis, Myasthenia Gravis drug therapy, Myasthenia Gravis epidemiology, Blepharoptosis drug therapy
Abstract: Introduction: As new treatments are becoming available for patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), it is worth reflecting on the actual status of MG treatment to determine which patients would most likely benefit from the new treatments., Methods: We reviewed the clinical files of all MG patients seen at the Department of Neurology of the Antwerp University Hospital during the years 2019, 2020 and 2021., Results: 163 patients were included. Age at diagnosis varied from the first to the eighth decades, with a peak of incidence from 60 to 70 years for both genders, and an additional peak from 20 to 30 years in women. Diplopia and ptosis were by far the most common onset symptom. At maximum disease severity, 24% of the patients still had purely ocular symptoms and 4% needed mechanical ventilation. 97% of the patients received a treatment with pyridostigmine and 68% with corticosteroids, often in combination with immunosuppressants. More than half reported side effects. At the latest visit, 50% of the patients were symptom-free. Also, half of the symptomatic patients were fulltime at work or retired with no or mild limitations in daily living. The remaining patients were working part-time, on sick leave, or retired with severe limitations., Discussion and Conclusion: The majority of MG patients are doing well with currently available treatments, but often at the cost of side effects in the short and in the long term. A significant group is in need of better treatments., (© 2023. The Author(s) under exclusive licence to Belgian Neurological Society.)
Published: 2023
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2. Myasthenia gravis appearing after thymectomy heralding recurrent thymoma.

Author: Beckers PAJ, Mercelis R, Heyman S, Verheuen L, Lauwers P, Hendriks JM, and Van Schil PE
Subjects: Aged, Female, Humans, Myasthenia Gravis pathology, Myasthenia Gravis surgery, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local pathology, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local surgery, Positron-Emission Tomography, Postoperative Complications pathology, Postoperative Complications surgery, Reoperation, Thymoma diagnosis, Thymoma pathology, Thymus Gland diagnostic imaging, Thymus Gland pathology, Thymus Neoplasms diagnosis, Thymus Neoplasms pathology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Myasthenia Gravis diagnosis, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local diagnosis, Postoperative Complications diagnosis, Thymectomy, Thymoma surgery, Thymus Neoplasms surgery
Abstract: Introduction: Thirty to fifty percent of thymoma patients develop myasthenia gravis (MG). In 1.5-28% of cases, MG appears many years after removal of a thymoma., Patients and Methods: We present a case report of a 72-year-old female who presented with MG four months after total thymectomy., Results: A 72-year-old female patient presents with MG four months after total thymectomy. Imaging revealed a PET-positive nodule anterior to the superior vena cava. By median sternotomy, the nodule was removed at our hospital. Pathology confirmed a recurrent B2/B3 thymoma with R0 resection. No adjuvant therapy was given. Large population studies show the appearance of new-onset MG associated with recurrent thymoma in 3% of cases., Conclusions: New-onset MG postthymectomy heralds recurrent disease in 3% of cases. Thorough screening is needed in such patients.
Published: 2019
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3. Diagnostic utility of stimulated single-fiber electromyography of the orbicularis oculi muscle in patients with suspected ocular myasthenia.

Author: Mercelis R and Merckaert V
Subjects: Electromyography methods, Humans, Oculomotor Muscles pathology, Electric Stimulation methods, Muscle Fibers, Skeletal physiology, Myasthenia Gravis diagnosis, Oculomotor Muscles physiopathology
Abstract: Stimulated single-fiber electromyography (SSFEMG) is a valuable diagnostic tool in cases of myasthenia gravis with limited disease. From 1990 to 2008 SSFEMG in the orbicularis oculi muscle (OO) was performed in a cohort of 456 patients referred with clinical suspicion of myasthenia gravis (MG) and exclusively ocular symptoms. A diagnosis of MG was made on clinical grounds in 103 patients. In this patient cohort, the specificity of SSFEMG for myasthenia was 97%, and the sensitivity was 80%. MG patients with a normal SSFEMG had a benign clinical course. This study confirms a high specificity and sensitivity of SSFEMG when it is performed on patients suspected to have ocular MG. In such patients, a normal SSFEMG of the OO predicts a benign clinical course., (Copyright © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
Published: 2011
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4. Recurrent myasthenia gravis due to a pleural implant 3 years after radical thymectomy.

Author: Heyman SR, De Raeve H, Mercelis R, De Pooter C, and Van Schil P
Subjects: Adult, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Male, Neoplasm Invasiveness pathology, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local diagnosis, Neoplasm Staging, Pleural Neoplasms surgery, Recurrence, Reoperation, Risk Assessment, Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted methods, Thymectomy adverse effects, Thymectomy methods, Thymoma secondary, Thymus Neoplasms pathology, Treatment Outcome, Myasthenia Gravis diagnosis, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local surgery, Pleural Neoplasms secondary, Prostheses and Implants adverse effects, Thymoma surgery, Thymus Neoplasms surgery
Abstract: Although recurrence of a thymoma is rare, pleural dissemination or local relapses have been described. We present a patient who underwent complete thymectomy for a thymoma, type AB according to the World Health Organization classification and stage II according to Masaoka, followed by adjuvant radiotherapy. Three years later, a relapse of the myasthenic symptoms occurred. An isolated pleural implant above the left diaphragm was removed by video-assisted thoracoscopy. Pathology confirmed the recurrence of the thymoma. As this is a rare occurrence, no precise therapeutic guidelines exist. In our case, surgical resection of the recurrence with adjuvant immunomodulating therapy for myasthenia provided good results.
Published: 2008
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5. Abnormal single-fiber electromyography in patients not having myasthenia: risk for diagnostic confusion?

Author: Mercelis R
Subjects: Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Child, Child, Preschool, Diagnosis, Differential, Electric Stimulation, Female, Humans, Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome diagnosis, Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome physiopathology, Male, Middle Aged, Muscle, Skeletal abnormalities, Muscle, Skeletal physiopathology, Myasthenia Gravis complications, Myasthenia Gravis physiopathology, Sensitivity and Specificity, Thymoma complications, Thymoma diagnosis, Thymoma physiopathology, Diagnostic Errors, Electromyography methods, Myasthenia Gravis diagnosis, Risk
Published: 2003
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6. Differential diagnosis in a patient with secondary Sjögren's syndrome and neuromuscular complications.

Author: Van Offel JF, Franckx LM, De Clerck LS, Evens P, Mercelis R, Neetens A, and Stevens WJ
Subjects: Aged, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis, Sjogren's Syndrome etiology, Myasthenia Gravis diagnosis, Sjogren's Syndrome diagnosis
Published: 1987
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7. ‘Minimal symptom expression’ in patients with acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive refractory generalized myasthenia gravis treated with eculizumab

Author: Vissing J., Jacob S., Fujita K. P., O'Brien F., Howard J. F., Mazia C. G., Wilken M., Barroso F., Saba J., Rugiero M., Bettini M., Chaves M., Vidal G., Garcia A. D., DeBleecker J., Vanden Abeele G., deKoning K., DeMey K., Mercelis R., Mahieu D., Wagemaekers L., VanDamme P., Depreitere A., Schotte C., Smetcoren C., Stevens O., VanDaele S., Vandenbussche N., Vanhee A., Verjans S., Vynckier J., D'Hont A., Tilkin P., Alves deSiqueira Carvalho A., DiasBrockhausen I., Feder D., Ambrosio D., Cesar P., Melo A. P., MartinsRibeiro R., Rocha R., Rosa B. B., Veiga T., daSilva L. A., SantosEngel M., GoncalvesGeraldo J., daPenha Ananias Morita M., NogueiraCoelho E., Paiva G., Pozo M., Prando N., MartineliTorres D. D., Butinhao C. F., Duran G., SurianeFialho T. A., Gomes daSilva T. C., MaiaGoncalves L. O., Pazetto L. E., CubasVolpe L. R., SouzaDuca L., GhellerFriedrich M. A., Guerreiro A., Mohr H., PereiraMartins M., daCruz Pacheco D., Ferreira L., Macagnan A. 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R., Shah, J., Shabbir, Y., Smith, L., Varghese, M., Gutmann, L., Jerath, N., Nance, C., Swenson, A., Olalde, H., Kressin, N., Sieren, J., Barohn, R., Dimachkie, M., Glenn, M., Mcvey, A., Pasnoor, M., Statland, J., Wang, Y., Liu, T., Emmons, K., Jenci, N., Locheke, J., Fondaw, A., Johns, K., Rico, G., Walsh, M., Herbelin, L., Hafer-Macko, C., Kwan, J., Zilliox, L., Callison, K., Young, V., Disanzo, B., Naunton, K., Benatar, M., Bilsker, M., Sharma, K., Cooley, A., Reyes, E., Michon, S. -C., Sheldon, D., Steele, J., Howard, J., Traub, R., Chopra, M., Vu, T., Katzin, L., Mcclain, T., Harvey, B., Hart, A., Huynh, K., Beydoun, S., Chilingaryan, A., Doan, V., Droker, B., Gong, H., Karimi, S., Lin, F., Polaka, K., Tran, A., Akhter, S., Malekniazi, A., Tandan, R., Hehir, M., Waheed, W., Lucy, S., Weiss, M., Distad, J., Strom, S., Downing, S., Kim, B., Bertorini, T., Arnold, T., Henderson, K., Pillai, R., Liu, Y., Wheeler, L., Hewlett, J., Vanderhook, M., Nowak, R., Dicapua, D., Keung, B., Kumar, A., Patwa, H., Robeson, K., Yang, I., Nye, J., Vu, H., ANS - Neuroinfection & -inflammation, and Neurology
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, Myasthenia gravi, Gastroenterology, 0302 clinical medicine, Quality of life, Activities of Daily Living, CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine, Receptors, Cholinergic, Acetylcholine receptor, Myasthenia gravis, Original Communication, Eculizumab, Minimal symptom expression, Refractory, Middle Aged, Acetylcholine receptor antibody, Tolerability, Neurology, Female, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, COMPLEMENT INHIBITOR ECULIZUMAB, medicine.drug, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Clinical Neurology, Placebo, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, 03 medical and health sciences, Double-Blind Method, Internal medicine, Humans, Immunologic Factors, Patient Reported Outcome Measures, Generalized myasthenia, Aged, Autoantibodies, Science & Technology, business.industry, Confidence interval, 030104 developmental biology, Quality of Life, Neurology (clinical), Neurosciences & Neurology, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Background The efficacy and tolerability of eculizumab were assessed in REGAIN, a 26-week, phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive (AChR+) refractory generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), and its open-label extension. Methods Attainment of ‘minimal symptom expression’ was evaluated using patient-reported outcome measures of gMG symptoms [MG activities of daily living scale (MG-ADL), 15-item MG quality of life questionnaire (MG-QOL15)] at the completion of REGAIN and during the open-label extension. ‘Minimal symptom expression’ was defined as MG-ADL total score of 0–1 or MG-QOL15 total score of 0–3. Results At REGAIN week 26, more eculizumab-treated patients achieved ‘minimal symptom expression’ versus placebo [MG-ADL: 21.4% vs 1.7%; difference 19.8%; 95% confidence interval (CI) 8.5, 31.0; p = 0.0007; MG-QOL15: 16.1% vs 1.7%; difference 14.4%; 95% CI 4.3, 24.6; p = 0.0069]. During the open-label extension, the proportion of patients in the placebo/eculizumab group who achieved ‘minimal symptom expression’ increased after initiating eculizumab treatment and was sustained through 130 weeks of open-label eculizumab (MG-ADL: 1.7 to 27.8%; MG-QOL15: 1.7 to 19.4%). At extension study week 130, similar proportions of patients in the eculizumab/eculizumab and placebo/eculizumab groups achieved ‘minimal symptom expression’ (MG-ADL: 22.9% and 27.8%, respectively, p = 0.7861; MG-QOL15: 14.3% and 19.4%, respectively, p = 0.7531). The long-term tolerability of eculizumab was consistent with previous reports. Conclusions Patients with AChR+ refractory gMG who receive eculizumab can achieve sustained ‘minimal symptom expression’ based on patient-reported outcomes. ‘Minimal symptom expression’ may be a useful tool in measuring therapy effectiveness in gMG. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01997229, NCT02301624.
Published: 2020

8. Consistent improvement with eculizumab across muscle groups in myasthenia gravis

Author: Mantegazza, R., O'Brien, F. L., Yountz, M., Howard, J. F., Gabriel Mazia, C., Wilken, M., Barroso, F., Saba, J., Rugiero, M., Bettini, M., Chaves, M., Vidal, G., Dalila Garcia, A., De Bleecker, J., Van den Abeele, G., de Koning, K., De Mey, K., Mercelis, R., Mahieu, D., Wagemaekers, L., Van Damme, P., Depreitere, A., Schotte, C., Smetcoren, C., Stevens, O., Van Daele, S., Vandenbussche, N., Vanhee, A., Verjans, S., Vynckier, J., D'Hont, A., Tilkin, P., Alves de Siqueira Carvalho, A., Dias Brockhausen, I., Feder, D., Ambrosio, D., Cesar, P., Paula Melo, A., Martins Ribeiro, R., Rocha, R., Bezerra Rosa, B., Veiga, T., Augusto da Silva, L., Santos Engel, M., Goncalves Geraldo, J., da Penha Ananias Morita, M., Nogueira Coelho, E., Paiva, G., Pozo, M., Prando, N., Torres, D. D. M., Fernanda Butinhao, C., Duran, G., Augusto Suriane Fialho, T., Gomes da Silva, T. C., Goncalves, L. O. M., Eduardo Pazetto, L., Renata Cubas Volpe, L., Souza Duca, L., Friedrich, M. A. G., Guerreiro, A., Mohr, H., Pereira Martins, M., da Cruz Pacheco, D., Ferreira, L., Paula Macagnan, A., Pinto, G., de Cassia Santos, A., Souza Bulle Oliveira, A., Amaral de Andrade, A. C., Annes, M., Duarte Silva, L., Cavalcante Lino, V., Pinto, W., Assis, N., Carrara, F., Miranda, C., Souza, I., Fernandes, P., Siddiqi, Z., Phan, C., Narayan, J., Blackmore, D., Mallon, A., Roderus, R., Watt, E., Vohanka, S., Bednarik, J., Chmelikova, M., Cierny, M., Toncrova, S., Junkerova, J., Kurkova, B., Reguliova, K., Zapletalova, O., Pitha, J., Novakova, I., Tyblova, M., Jurajdova, I., Wolfova, M., Andersen, H., Harbo, T., Vinge, L., Krogh, S., Mogensen, A., Vissing, J., Hojgaard, J., Witting, N., Mette Ostergaard Autzen, A., Pedersen, J., Eralinna, J. -P., Laaksonen, M., Oksaranta, O., Harrison, T., Eriksson, J., Rozsa, C., Horvath, M., Lovas, G., Matolcsi, J., Szabo, G., Jakab, G., Szabadosne, B., Vecsei, L., Dezsi, L., Varga, E., Konyane, M., Antonini, G., Di Pasquale, A., Garibaldi, M., Morino, S., Troili, F., Fionda, L., Pasquale, A., Evoli, A., Emilio Alboini, P., D'Amato, V., Iorio, R., Inghilleri, M., Frasca, V., Giacomelli, E., Gori, M., Lopergolo, D., Onesti, E., Gabriele, M., Sacca, F., Filla, A., Costabile, T., Marano, E., Fasanaro, A., Marsili, A., Puorro, G., Antozzi, C., Bonanno, S., Camera, G., Locatelli, A., Maggi, L., Pasanisi, M., Campanella, A., Uzawa, A., Kanai, T., Kawaguchi, N., Mori, M., Kaneko, Y., Kanzaki, A., Kobayashi, E., Murai, H., Masaki, K., Matsuse, D., Matsushita, T., Uehara, T., Shimpo, M., Jingu, M., Kikutake, K., Nakamura, Y., Sano, Y., Utsugisawa, K., Nagane, Y., Kamegamori, I., Tsuda, T., Fujii, Y., Futono, K., Ozawa, Y., Mizugami, A., Saito, Y., Samukawa, M., Suzuki, H., Morikawa, M., Kamakura, S., Miyawaki, E., Okumura, M., Funaka, S., Kawamura, T., Nakamori, M., Takahashi, M., Taichi, N., Hasuike, T., Higuchi, E., Kobayashi, H., Osakada, K., Shiraishi, H., Miyazaki, T., Motomura, M., Mukaino, A., Yoshimura, S., Asada, S., Yoshida, S., Amamoto, S., Kobashikawa, T., Koga, M., Maeda, Y., Takada, K., Takada, M., Tsurumaru, M., Yamashita, Y., Suzuki, Y., Akiyama, T., Narikawa, K., Tano, O., Tsukita, K., Kurihara, R., Meguro, F., Fukuda, Y., Sato, M., Imai, T., Tsuda, E., Shimohama, S., Hayashi, T., Hisahara, S., Kawamata, J., Murahara, T., Saitoh, M., Suzuki, S., Yamamoto, D., Ishiyama, Y., Ishiyama, N., Noshiro, M., Takeyama, R., Uwasa, K., Yasuda, I., van der Kooi, A., de Visser, M., Gibson, T., Kim, B. -J., Nyoung Lee, C., Seo Koo, Y., Youl Seok, H., Nam Kang, H., Ra, H., Joon Kim, B., Bin Cho, E., Choi, M., Lee, H., Min, J. -H., Seok, J., Lee, J., Koh, D. Y., Kwon, J., Park, S., Haw Choi, E., Hong, Y. -H., Ahn, S. -H., Lim Koo, D., Lim, J. -S., Won Shin, C., Ye Hwang, J., Kim, M., Min Kim, S., Jeong, H. -N., Jung, J., Kim, Y. -H., Seok Lee, H., Young Shin, H., Bi Hwang, E., Shin, M., Casasnovas, C., Antonia Alberti Aguilo, M., Homedes-Pedret, C., Julia Palacios, N., Diez Porras, L., Velez Santamaria, V., Lazaro, A., Gamez Carbonell, J., Sune, P., Salvado Figueras, M., Gili, G., Mazuela, G., Illa, I., Cortes Vicente, E., Diaz-Manera, J., Antonio Querol Gutierrez, L., Rojas Garcia, R., Vidal, N., Arribas-Ibar, E., Diez Tejedor, E., Gomez Salcedo, P., Fernandez-Fournier, M., Lopez Ruiz, P., Rodriguez de Rivera, F. 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T., So, Paulose, S., Pol, S., Welsh, L., Bhavaraju-Sanka, R., Tobon Gonzalez, A., Dishman, L., Jones, F., Gonzalez, A., Padilla, P., Saklad, A., Silva, M., Nations, S., Trivedi, J., Hopkins, S., Kazamel, M., Alsharabati, M., Lu, L., Nozaki, K., Mumfrey-Thomas, S., Woodall, A., Mozaffar, T., Cash, T., Roy, G., Mathew, V., Maqsood, F., Minton, B., James Jones, H., Rosenfeld, J., Garcia, R., Echevarria, L., Garcia, S., Pulley, M., Aranke, S., Ross Berger, A., Shah, J., Shabbir, Y., Smith, L., Varghese, M., Gutmann, L., Jerath, N., Nance, C., Swenson, A., Olalde, H., Kressin, N., Sieren, J., Barohn, R., Dimachkie, M., Glenn, M., Mcvey, A., Pasnoor, M., Statland, J., Wang, Y., Liu, T., Emmons, K., Jenci, N., Locheke, J., Fondaw, A., Johns, K., Rico, G., Walsh, M., Herbelin, L., Hafer-Macko, C., Kwan, J., Zilliox, L., Callison, K., Young, V., Disanzo, B., Naunton, K., Benatar, M., Bilsker, M., Sharma, K., Cooley, A., Reyes, E., Michon, S. -C., Sheldon, D., Steele, J., Traub, R., Chopra, M., Vu, T., Katzin, L., Mcclain, T., Harvey, B., Hart, A., Huynh, K., Beydoun, S., Chilingaryan, A., Doan, V., Droker, B., Gong, H., Karimi, S., Lin, F., Polaka, K., Tran, A., Akhter, S., Malekniazi, A., Tandan, R., Hehir, M., Waheed, W., Lucy, S., Weiss, M., Distad, J., Strom, S., Downing, S., Kim, B., Bertorini, T., Arnold, T., Henderson, K., Pillai, R., Liu, Y., Wheeler, L., Hewlett, J., Vanderhook, M., Nowak, R., Dicapua, D., Keung, B., Kumar, A., Patwa, H., Robeson, K., Yang, I., Nye, J., Vu, H., Mantegazza, R., O'Brien, F. L., Yountz, M., Howard, J. F., Gabriel Mazia, C., Wilken, M., Barroso, F., Saba, J., Rugiero, M., Bettini, M., Chaves, M., Vidal, G., Dalila Garcia, A., De Bleecker, J., Van den Abeele, G., de Koning, K., De Mey, K., Mercelis, R., Mahieu, D., Wagemaekers, L., Van Damme, P., Depreitere, A., Schotte, C., Smetcoren, C., Stevens, O., Van Daele, S., Vandenbussche, N., Vanhee, A., Verjans, S., Vynckier, J., D'Hont, A., Tilkin, P., Alves de Siqueira Carvalho, A., Dias Brockhausen, I., Feder, D., Ambrosio, D., Cesar, P., Paula Melo, A., Martins Ribeiro, R., Rocha, R., Bezerra Rosa, B., Veiga, T., Augusto da Silva, L., Santos Engel, M., Goncalves Geraldo, J., da Penha Ananias Morita, M., Nogueira Coelho, E., Paiva, G., Pozo, M., Prando, N., Torres, D. D. M., Fernanda Butinhao, C., Duran, G., Augusto Suriane Fialho, T., Gomes da Silva, T. C., Goncalves, L. O. M., Eduardo Pazetto, L., Renata Cubas Volpe, L., Souza Duca, L., Friedrich, M. A. G., Guerreiro, A., Mohr, H., Pereira Martins, M., da Cruz Pacheco, D., Ferreira, L., Paula Macagnan, A., Pinto, G., de Cassia Santos, A., Souza Bulle Oliveira, A., Amaral de Andrade, A. C., Annes, M., Duarte Silva, L., Cavalcante Lino, V., Pinto, W., Assis, N., Carrara, F., Miranda, C., Souza, I., Fernandes, P., Siddiqi, Z., Phan, C., Narayan, J., Blackmore, D., Mallon, A., Roderus, R., Watt, E., Vohanka, S., Bednarik, J., Chmelikova, M., Cierny, M., Toncrova, S., Junkerova, J., Kurkova, B., Reguliova, K., Zapletalova, O., Pitha, J., Novakova, I., Tyblova, M., Jurajdova, I., Wolfova, M., Andersen, H., Harbo, T., Vinge, L., Krogh, S., Mogensen, A., Vissing, J., Hojgaard, J., Witting, N., Mette Ostergaard Autzen, A., Pedersen, J., Eralinna, J. -P., Laaksonen, M., Oksaranta, O., Harrison, T., Eriksson, J., Rozsa, C., Horvath, M., Lovas, G., Matolcsi, J., Szabo, G., Jakab, G., Szabadosne, B., Vecsei, L., Dezsi, L., Varga, E., Konyane, M., Antonini, G., Di Pasquale, A., Garibaldi, M., Morino, S., Troili, F., Fionda, L., Pasquale, A., Evoli, A., Emilio Alboini, P., D'Amato, V., Iorio, R., Inghilleri, M., Frasca, V., Giacomelli, E., Gori, M., Lopergolo, D., Onesti, E., Gabriele, M., Saccà, Francesco, Filla, Alessandro, Costabile, T., Marano, E., Fasanaro, A., Marsili, Angela, Puorro, Giorgia, Antozzi, C., Bonanno, S., Camera, G., Locatelli, A., Maggi, L., Pasanisi, M., Campanella, A., Uzawa, A., Kanai, T., Kawaguchi, N., Mori, M., Kaneko, Y., Kanzaki, A., Kobayashi, E., Murai, H., Masaki, K., Matsuse, D., Matsushita, T., Uehara, T., Shimpo, M., Jingu, M., Kikutake, K., Nakamura, Y., Sano, Y., Utsugisawa, K., Nagane, Y., Kamegamori, I., Tsuda, T., Fujii, Y., Futono, K., Ozawa, Y., Mizugami, A., Saito, Y., Samukawa, M., Suzuki, H., Morikawa, M., Kamakura, S., Miyawaki, E., Okumura, M., Funaka, S., Kawamura, T., Nakamori, M., Takahashi, M., Taichi, N., Hasuike, T., Higuchi, E., Kobayashi, H., Osakada, K., Shiraishi, H., Miyazaki, T., Motomura, M., Mukaino, A., Yoshimura, S., Asada, S., Yoshida, S., Amamoto, S., Kobashikawa, T., Koga, M., Maeda, Y., Takada, K., Takada, M., Tsurumaru, M., Yamashita, Y., Suzuki, Y., Akiyama, T., Narikawa, K., Tano, O., Tsukita, K., Kurihara, R., Meguro, F., Fukuda, Y., Sato, M., Imai, T., Tsuda, E., Shimohama, S., Hayashi, T., Hisahara, S., Kawamata, J., Murahara, T., Saitoh, M., Suzuki, S., Yamamoto, D., Ishiyama, Y., Ishiyama, N., Noshiro, M., Takeyama, R., Uwasa, K., Yasuda, I., van der Kooi, A., de Visser, M., Gibson, T., Kim, B. -J., Nyoung Lee, C., Seo Koo, Y., Youl Seok, H., Nam Kang, H., Ra, H., Joon Kim, B., Bin Cho, E., Choi, M., Lee, H., Min, J. -H., Seok, J., Lee, J., Koh, D. Y., Kwon, J., Park, S., Haw Choi, E., Hong, Y. -H., Ahn, S. -H., Lim Koo, D., Lim, J. -S., Won Shin, C., Ye Hwang, J., Kim, M., Min Kim, S., Jeong, H. -N., Jung, J., Kim, Y. -H., Seok Lee, H., Young Shin, H., Bi Hwang, E., Shin, M., Casasnovas, C., Antonia Alberti Aguilo, M., Homedes-Pedret, C., Julia Palacios, N., Diez Porras, L., Velez Santamaria, V., Lazaro, A., Gamez Carbonell, J., Sune, P., Salvado Figueras, M., Gili, G., Mazuela, G., Illa, I., Cortes Vicente, E., Diaz-Manera, J., Antonio Querol Gutierrez, L., Rojas Garcia, R., Vidal, N., Arribas-Ibar, E., Diez Tejedor, E., Gomez Salcedo, P., Fernandez-Fournier, M., Lopez Ruiz, P., Rodriguez de Rivera, F. J., Sastre, M., Piehl, F., Hietala, A., Bjarbo, L., Sengun, I., Meherremova, A., Ozcelik, P., Balkan, B., Tuga, C., Ugur, M., Erdem-Ozdamar, S., Bekircan-Kurt, C., Pinar Acar, N., Yilmaz, E., Caliskan, Y., Orsel, G., Efendi, H., Aydinlik, S., Cavus, H., Kutlu, A., Becerikli, G., Semiz, C., Tun, O., Terzi, M., Dogan, B., Kazim Onar, M., Sen, S., Kirbas Cavdar, T., Veske, A., Norwood, F., Dimitriou, A., Gollogly, J., Mahdi-Rogers, M., Seddigh, A., Sokratous, G., Maier, G., Sohail, F., Jacob, S., Sadalage, G., Torane, P., Brown, C., Shah, A., Sathasivam, S., Arndt, H., Davies, D., Watling, D., Amato, A., Cochrane, T., Salajegheh, M., Roe, K., Amato, K., Toska, S., Wolfe, G., Silvestri, N., Patrick, K., Zakalik, K., Katz, J., Miller, R., Engel, M., Forshew, D., Bravver, E., Brooks, B., Sanjak, M., Plevka, S., Burdette, M., Cunningham, S., Kramer, M., Nemeth, J., Schommer, C., Scott, T., Juel, V., Guptill, J., Hobson-Webb, L., Massey, J., Beck, K., Carnes, D., Loor, J., Anderson, A., Pascuzzi, R., Bodkin, C., Kincaid, J., Snook, R., Guingrich, S., Micheels, A., Chaudhry, V., Corse, A., Mosmiller, B., Kelley, A., Ho, D., Srinivasan, J., Vytopil, M., Jara, J., Ventura, N., Carter, C., Donahue, C., Herbert, C., Scala, S., Weiner, E., Alam, S., Mckinnon, J., Haar, L., Mckinnon, N., Alcon, K., Mckenna, K., Sattar, N., Daniels, K., Jeffery, D., Freimer, M., Chad Hoyle, J., Kissel, J., Agriesti, J., Chelnick, S., Mezache, L., Pineda, C., Muharrem, F., Karam, C., Khoury, J., Marburger, T., Kaur, H., Dimitrova, D., Gilchrist, J., Agrawal, B., Elsayed, M., Kohlrus, S., Ardoin, A., Darnell, T., Golden, L., Lokaitis, B., Seelbach, J., Muppidi, S., Goyal, N., Sakamuri, S., So, Y. T., Paulose, S., Pol, S., Welsh, L., Bhavaraju-Sanka, R., Tobon Gonzalez, A., Dishman, L., Jones, F., Gonzalez, A., Padilla, P., Saklad, A., Silva, M., Nations, S., Trivedi, J., Hopkins, S., Kazamel, M., Alsharabati, M., Lu, L., Nozaki, K., Mumfrey-Thomas, S., Woodall, A., Mozaffar, T., Cash, T., Roy, G., Mathew, V., Maqsood, F., Minton, B., James Jones, H., Rosenfeld, J., Garcia, R., Echevarria, L., Garcia, S., Pulley, M., Aranke, S., Ross Berger, A., Shah, J., Shabbir, Y., Smith, L., Varghese, M., Gutmann, L., Jerath, N., Nance, C., Swenson, A., Olalde, H., Kressin, N., Sieren, J., Barohn, R., Dimachkie, M., Glenn, M., Mcvey, A., Pasnoor, M., Statland, J., Wang, Y., Liu, T., Emmons, K., Jenci, N., Locheke, J., Fondaw, A., Johns, K., Rico, G., Walsh, M., Herbelin, L., Hafer-Macko, C., Kwan, J., Zilliox, L., Callison, K., Young, V., Disanzo, B., Naunton, K., Benatar, M., Bilsker, M., Sharma, K., Cooley, A., Reyes, E., Michon, S. -C., Sheldon, D., Steele, J., Traub, R., Chopra, M., Vu, T., Katzin, L., Mcclain, T., Harvey, B., Hart, A., Huynh, K., Beydoun, S., Chilingaryan, A., Doan, V., Droker, B., Gong, H., Karimi, S., Lin, F., Polaka, K., Tran, A., Akhter, S., Malekniazi, A., Tandan, R., Hehir, M., Waheed, W., Lucy, S., Weiss, M., Distad, J., Strom, S., Downing, S., Kim, B., Bertorini, T., Arnold, T., Henderson, K., Pillai, R., Liu, Y., Wheeler, L., Hewlett, J., Vanderhook, M., Nowak, R., Dicapua, D., Keung, B., Kumar, A., Patwa, H., Robeson, K., Yang, I., Nye, J., Vu, H., Neurology, and Amsterdam Neuroscience - Neuroinfection & -inflammation
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Malalties neuromusculars, Activities of daily living, Autoimmune diseases, Severity of Illness Index, Complement inhibitor, 0302 clinical medicine, CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, Activities of Daily Living, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Medicine and Health Sciences, Research Articles, Malalties autoimmunitàries, General Neuroscience, Eculizumab, myasthenia, Neuromuscular diseases, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, medicine.drug, RC321-571, Research Article, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Cyclophosphamide, Gross motor skill, Clinical Neurology, Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, Placebo, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, ACETYLCHOLINE-RECEPTOR, 03 medical and health sciences, Refractory, Double-Blind Method, Internal medicine, Myasthenia Gravis, medicine, Humans, Muscle Strength, Patient Reported Outcome Measures, RC346-429, Muscle, Skeletal, Science & Technology, business.industry, Neurosciences, medicine.disease, Myasthenia gravis, 030104 developmental biology, Complement Inactivating Agents, ANTIBODY, Monoclonal antibodies, Neurosciences & Neurology, Neurology (clinical), Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, business, Anticossos monoclonals, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To assess whether eculizumab, a terminal complement inhibitor, improves patient- and physician-reported outcomes (evaluated using the myasthenia gravis activities of daily living profile and the quantitative myasthenia gravis scale, respectively) in patients with refractory anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive generalized myasthenia gravis across four domains, representing ocular, bulbar, respiratory, and limb/gross motor muscle groups. METHODS: Patients with refractory anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive generalized myasthenia gravis were randomized 1:1 to receive either placebo or eculizumab during the REGAIN study (NCT01997229). Patients who completed REGAIN were eligible to continue into the open-label extension trial (NCT02301624) for up to 4 years. The four domain scores of each of the myasthenia gravis activities of daily living profile and the quantitative myasthenia gravis scale recorded throughout REGAIN and through 130 weeks of the open-label extension were analyzed. RESULTS: Of the 125 patients who participated in REGAIN, 117 enrolled in the open-label extension; 61 had received placebo and 56 had received eculizumab during REGAIN. Patients experienced rapid improvements in total scores and all four domain scores of both the myasthenia gravis activities of daily living profile and the quantitative myasthenia gravis scale with eculizumab treatment. These improvements were sustained through 130 weeks of the open-label extension. INTERPRETATION: Eculizumab treatment elicits rapid and sustained improvements in muscle strength across ocular, bulbar, respiratory, and limb/gross motor muscle groups and in associated daily activities in patients with refractory anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive generalized myasthenia gravis. ispartof: ANNALS OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL NEUROLOGY vol:7 issue:8 pages:1327-1339 ispartof: location:United States status: published
Published: 2020

9. Eculizumab in refractory generalized myasthenia gravis previously treated with rituximab:subgroup analysis of REGAIN and its extension study

Author: Siddiqi, Z. A., Nowak, R. J., Mozaffar, T., O'Brien, F., Yountz, M., Patti, F., Mazia, C. G., Wilken, M., Barroso, F., Saba, J., Rugiero, M., Bettini, M., Chaves, M., Vidal, G., Garcia, A. D., De Bleecker, J., Van den Abeele, G., de Koning, K., De Mey, K., Mercelis, R., Mahieu, D., Wagemaekers, L., Van Damme, P., Depreitere, A., Schotte, C., Smetcoren, C., Stevens, O., Van Daele, S., Vandenbussche, N., Vanhee, A., Verjans, S., Vynckier, J., D'Hont, A., Tilkin, P., de Siqueira Carvalho, A. A., Brockhausen, I. D., Feder, D., Ambrosio, D., Cesar, P., Melo, A. P., Ribeiro, R. M., Rocha, R., Rosa, B. B., Veiga, T., da Silva, L. A., Engel, M. S., Geraldo, J. G., da Penha Ananias Morita, M., Coelho, E. N., Paiva, G., Pozo, M., Prando, N., Torres, D. D. M., Butinhao, C. F., Duran, G., Fialho, T. A. S., da Silva, T. C. G., Goncalves, L. O. M., Pazetto, L. E., Volpe, L. R. C., Duca, L. S., Friedrich, M. A. G., Guerreiro, A., Mohr, H., Martins, M. P., da Cruz Pacheco, D., Ferreira, L., Macagnan, A. P., Pinto, G., de Cassia Santos, A., Oliveira, A. S. B., de Andrade, A. C. A., Annes, M., Silva, L. D., Lino, V. C., Pinto, W., Assis, N., Carrara, F., Miranda, C., Souza, I., Fernandes, P., Phan, C., Narayan, J., Blackmore, D., Mallon, A., Roderus, R., Watt, E., Vohanka, S., Bednarik, J., Chmelikova, M., Cierny, M., Toncrova, S., Junkerova, J., Kurkova, B., Reguliova, K., Zapletalova, O., Pitha, J., Novakova, I., Tyblova, M., Jurajdova, I., Wolfova, M., Andersen, H., Harbo, T., Vinge, L., Krogh, S., Mogensen, A., Vissing, J., Hojgaard, J., Witting, N., Autzen, A. M. O., Pedersen, J., Eralinna, J. -P., Laaksonen, M., Oksaranta, O., Harrison, T., Eriksson, J., Rozsa, C., Horvath, M., Lovas, G., Matolcsi, J., Szabo, G., Jakab, G., Szabadosne, B., Vecsei, L., Dezsi, L., Varga, E., Konyane, M., Antonini, G., Di Pasquale, A., Garibaldi, M., Morino, S., Troili, F., Fionda, L., Sacca, F., Filla, A., Costabile, T., Marano, E., Fasanaro, A., Marsili, A., Puorro, G., Mantegazza, R., Antozzi, C., Bonanno, S., Camera, G., Locatelli, A., Maggi, L., Pasanisi, M., Campanella, A., Evoli, A., Alboini, P. E., D'Amato, V., Iorio, R., Inghilleri, M., Frasca, V., Giacomelli, E., Gori, M., Lopergolo, D., Onesti, E., Gabriele, M., Uzawa, A., Kanai, T., Kawaguchi, N., Mori, M., Kaneko, Y., Kanzaki, A., Kobayashi, E., Murai, H., Masaki, K., Matsuse, D., Matsushita, T., Uehara, T., Shimpo, M., Jingu, M., Kikutake, K., Nakamura, Y., Sano, Y., Utsugisawa, K., Nagane, Y., Kamegamori, I., Tsuda, T., Fujii, Y., Futono, K., Ozawa, Y., Mizugami, A., Saito, Y., Samukawa, M., Suzuki, H., Morikawa, M., Kamakura, S., Miyawaki, E., Shiraishi, H., Miyazaki, T., Motomura, M., Mukaino, A., Yoshimura, S., Asada, S., Yoshida, S., Amamoto, S., Kobashikawa, T., Koga, M., Maeda, Y., Takada, K., Takada, M., Tsurumaru, M., Yamashita, Y., Suzuki, Y., Akiyama, T., Narikawa, K., Tano, O., Tsukita, K., Kurihara, R., Meguro, F., Fukuda, Y., Sato, M., Okumura, M., Funaka, S., Kawamura, T., Nakamori, M., Takahashi, M., Taichi, N., Hasuike, T., Higuchi, E., Kobayashi, H., Osakada, K., Imai, T., Tsuda, E., Shimohama, S., Hayashi, T., Hisahara, S., Kawamata, J., Murahara, T., Saitoh, M., Suzuki, S., Yamamoto, D., Ishiyama, Y., Ishiyama, N., Noshiro, M., Takeyama, R., Uwasa, K., Yasuda, I., Kim, B. -J., Lee, C. N., Koo, Y. S., Seok, H. Y., Kang, H. N., H. J., Ra, Kim, B. J., Cho, E. B., Choi, M. S., Lee, H. L., Min, J. -H., Seok, J., Lee, J. E., Koh, D. Y., Kwon, J. Y., Park, S. A., Choi, E. H., Hong, Y. -H., Ahn, S. -H., Koo, D. L., Lim, J. -S., Shin, C. W., Hwang, J. Y., Kim, M., Kim, S. M., Jeong, H. -N., Jung, J. W., Kim, Y. -H., Lee, H. S., Shin, H. Y., Hwang, E. B., Shin, M., van der Kooi, A., de Visser, M., Gibson, T., Casasnovas, C., Aguilo, M. A. A., Homedes-Pedret, C., Palacios, N. J., Porras, L. D., Santamaria, V. V., Lazaro, A., Tejedor, E. D., Salcedo, P. G., Fernandez-Fournier, M., Ruiz, P. L., de Rivera, F. J. R., Sastre, M., Carbonell, J. G., Sune, P., Figueras, M. S., Gili, G., Mazuela, G., Illa, I., Vicente, E. C., Diaz-Manera, J., Gutierrez, L. A. Q., Garcia, R. R., Vidal, N., Arribas-Ibar, E., Piehl, F., Hietala, A., Bjarbo, L., Sengun, I., Meherremova, A., Ozcelik, P., Balkan, B., Tuga, C., Ugur, M., Erdem-Ozdamar, S., Bekircan-Kurt, C. E., Acar, N. P., Yilmaz, E., Caliskan, Y., Orsel, G., Efendi, H., Aydinlik, S., Cavus, H., Kutlu, A., Becerikli, G., Semiz, C., Tun, O., Terzi, M., Dogan, B., Onar, M. K., Sen, S., Cavdar, T. K., Veske, A., Norwood, F., Dimitriou, A., Gollogly, J., Mahdi-Rogers, M., Seddigh, A., Sokratous, G., Maier, G., Sohail, F., Jacob, S., Sadalage, G., Torane, P., Brown, C., Shah, A., Sathasivam, S., Arndt, H., Davies, D., Watling, D., Amato, A., Cochrane, T., Salajegheh, M., Roe, K., Amato, K., Toska, S., Wolfe, G., Silvestri, N., Patrick, K., Zakalik, K., Katz, J., Miller, R., Engel, M., Forshew, D., Bravver, E., Brooks, B., Sanjak, M., Plevka, S., Burdette, M., Cunningham, S., Kramer, M., Nemeth, J., Schommer, C., Scott, T., Juel, V., Guptill, J., Hobson-Webb, L., Massey, J., Beck, K., Carnes, D., Loor, J., Anderson, A., Pascuzzi, R., Bodkin, C., Kincaid, J., Snook, R., Guingrich, S., Micheels, A., Chaudhry, V., Corse, A., Mosmiller, B., Kelley, A., Ho, D., Srinivasan, J., Vytopil, M., Jara, J., Ventura, N., Carter, C., Donahue, C., Herbert, C., Scala, S., Weiner, E., Alam, S., Mckinnon, J., Haar, L., Mckinnon, N., Alcon, K., Mckenna, K., Sattar, N., Daniels, K., Jeffery, D., Freimer, M., Hoyle, J. C., Kissel, J., Agriesti, J., Chelnick, S., Mezache, L., Pineda, C., Muharrem, F., Karam, C., Khoury, J., Marburger, T., Kaur, H., Dimitrova, D., Gilchrist, J., Agrawal, B., Elsayed, M., Kohlrus, S., Ardoin, A., Darnell, T., Golden, L., Lokaitis, B., Seelbach, J., Muppidi, S., Goyal, N., Sakamuri, S., Y. T., So, Paulose, S., Pol, S., Welsh, L., Bhavaraju-Sanka, R., Gonzalez, A. T., Dishman, L., Jones, F., Gonzalez, A., Padilla, P., Saklad, A., Silva, M., Nations, S., Trivedi, J., Hopkins, S., Kazamel, M., Alsharabati, M., Lu, L., Nozaki, K., Mumfrey-Thomas, S., Woodall, A., Cash, T., Roy, G., Mathew, V., Maqsood, F., Minton, B., Jones, H. J., Rosenfeld, J., Garcia, R., Echevarria, L., Garcia, S., Pulley, M., Aranke, S., Berger, A. R., Shah, J., Shabbir, Y., Smith, L., Varghese, M., Gutmann, L., Jerath, N., Nance, C., Swenson, A., Olalde, H., Kressin, N., Sieren, J., Barohn, R., Dimachkie, M., Glenn, M., Mcvey, A., Pasnoor, M., Statland, J., Wang, Y., Liu, T., Emmons, K., Jenci, N., Locheke, J., Fondaw, A., Johns, K., Rico, G., Walsh, M., Herbelin, L., Hafer-Macko, C., Kwan, J., Zilliox, L., Callison, K., Young, V., Disanzo, B., Naunton, K., Benatar, M., Bilsker, M., Sharma, K., Cooley, A., Reyes, E., Michon, S. -C., Sheldon, D., Steele, J., Howard, J., Traub, R., Chopra, M., Vu, T., Katzin, L., Mcclain, T., Harvey, B., Hart, A., Huynh, K., Beydoun, S., Chilingaryan, A., Doan, V., Droker, B., Gong, H., Karimi, S., Lin, F., Polaka, K., Tran, A., Akhter, S., Malekniazi, A., Tandan, R., Hehir, M., Waheed, W., Lucy, S., Weiss, M., Distad, J., Strom, S., Downing, S., Kim, B., Bertorini, T., Arnold, T., Henderson, K., Pillai, R., Liu, Y., Wheeler, L., Hewlett, J., Vanderhook, M., Dicapua, D., Keung, B., Kumar, A., Patwa, H., Robeson, K., Yang, I., Nye, J., Vu, H., Neurology, ANS - Neuroinfection & -inflammation, and EURO-NMD
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Physiology, Population, Subgroup analysis, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, Placebo, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, rituximab, Refractory, immune system diseases, Physiology (medical), Internal medicine, Activities of Daily Living, medicine, Humans, education, education.field_of_study, myasthenia gravis, acetylcholine receptor, business.industry, Eculizumab, medicine.disease, Confidence interval, Myasthenia gravis, refractory, Rituximab, eculizumab, Neurology (clinical), business, medicine.drug
Abstract: Introduction/Aims: Individuals with refractory generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) who have a history of rituximab use and experience persistent symptoms represent a population with unmet treatment needs. The aim of this analysis was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of eculizumab in patients with refractory anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive (AChR+) gMG previously treated with rituximab. Methods: This post hoc subgroup analysis of the phase 3 REGAIN study (NCT01997229) and its open-label extension (OLE; NCT02301624) compared baseline characteristics, safety, and response to eculizumab in participants who had previously received rituximab with those who had not. Rituximab use was not permitted within the 6 months before screening or during REGAIN/OLE. Results: Of 125 REGAIN participants, 14 had received rituximab previously (7 received placebo and 7 received eculizumab). In the previous-rituximab group, 57% had used at least four other immunosuppressants compared with 16% in the no-previous-rituximab group. Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Living total scores from eculizumab baseline to week 130 of eculizumab treatment improved in both the previous-rituximab and no-previous-rituximab groups (least-squares mean −4.4, standard error of the mean [SEM] 1.0 [n = 9] and least-squares mean −4.6, SEM 0.3 [n = 67], respectively; difference = 0.2, 95% confidence interval −1.88 to 2.22). In addition, in both groups, most patients who were treated with eculizumab for 130 weeks achieved a Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America post-intervention status of minimal manifestations (66.7% and 65.0%, respectively). The eculizumab safety profile was similar between groups and consistent with its established profile. Discussion: Eculizumab is an effective therapy for patients with refractory AChR+ gMG, irrespective of whether they had received rituximab treatment previously.
Published: 2021

10. Eculizumab Improves Fatigue in Refractory Generalized Myasthenia Gravis

Author: Andersen H., Mantegazza R., Wang J. J., O'Brien F., Patra K., Howard J. F., Mazia C. G., Wilken M., Barroso F., Saba J., Rugiero M., Bettini M., Chaves M., Vidal G., Garcia A. D., DeBleecker J., Van denAbeele G., deKoning K., DeMey K., Mercelis R., Mahieu D., Wagemaekers L., VanDamme P., Depreitere A., Schotte C., Smetcoren C., Stevens O., VanDaele S., Vandenbussche N., Vanhee A., Verjans S., Vynckier J., D'Hondt A., Tilkin P., AlvesdeSiqueira Carvalho A., DiasBrockhausen I., Feder D., Ambrosio D., Cesar P., Melo A. P., MartinsRibeiro R., Rocha R., BezerraRosa B., Veiga T., daSilva L. A., SantosEngel M., GoncalvesGeraldo J., daPenha AnaniasMorita M., NogueiraCoelho E., Paiva G., Pozo M., Prando N., MartineliTorres D. D., Butinhao C. F., Duran G., Gomes daSilva T. C., Otavio MaiaGoncalves L., Pazetto L. E., Fialho T. A. S., Renata CubasVolpe L., SouzaDuca L., GhellerFriedrich M. A., Guerreiro A., Mohr H., PereiraMartins M., daCruz Pacheco D., Ferreira L., Macagnan A. P., Pinto G., deCassia Santos A., Souza BulleOliveira A., AmaralAndrade A. C., Annes M., Duarte Silva L., CavalcanteLino V., Pinto W., Assis N., Carrara F., Miranda C., Souza I., Fernandes P., Siddiqi Z., Phan C., Narayan J., Blackmore D., Mallon A., Roderus R., Watt E., Vohanka S., Bednarik J., Chmelikova M., Cierny M., Toncrova S., Junkerova J., Kurkova B., Reguliova K., Zapletalova O., Pitha J., Novakova I., Tyblova M., Jurajdova I., Wolfova M., Harbo T., Vinge L., Krogh S., Mogensen A., Vissing J., Hojgaard J., Witting N., OstergaardAutzen A., Pedersen J., Eralinna J. -P., Laaksonen M., Oksaranta O., Harrison T., Eriksson J., Rozsa C., Horvath M., Lovas G., Matolcsi J., Szabo G., Jakab G., Szabadosne B., Vecsei L., Dezsi L., Varga E., Konyane M., Antonini G., DiPasquale A., Garibaldi M., Morino S., Troili F., Fionda L., Filla A., Costabile T., Marano E., Sacca F., Fasanaro A., Marsili A., Puorro G., Antozzi C., Bonanno S., Camera G., Locatelli A., Maggi L., Pasanisi M., Campanella A., Evoli A., Alboini P. E., D'Amato V., Iorio R., Inghilleri M., Frasca V., Giacomelli E., Gori M., Lopergolo D., Onesti E., Gabriele M., Uzawa A., Kanai T., Kawaguchi N., Mori M., Kaneko Y., Kanzaki A., Kobayashi E., Murai H., Masaki K., Matsuse D., Matsushita T., Uehara T., Shimpo M., Jingu M., Kikutake K., Nakamura Y., Sano Y., Utsugisawa K., Nagane Y., Kamegamori I., Tsuda T., Fujii Y., Futono K., Ozawa Y., Mizugami A., Saito Y., Suzuki H., Morikawa M., Samukawa M., Kamakura S., Miyawaki E., Shiraishi H., Mitazaki T., Motomura M., Mukaino A., Yoshimura S., Asada S., Yoshida S., Amamoto S., Kobashikawa T., Koga M., Maeda Y., Takada K., Takada M., Tsurumaru M., Yamashita Y., Suzuki Y., Akiyama T., Narikawa K., Tano O., Tsukita K., Kurihara R., Meguro F., Fukuda Y., Sato M., Okumura M., Funaka S., Kawamura T., Makamori M., Takahashi M., Taichi N., Hasuike T., Higuchi E., Kobayashi H., Osakada K., Imai T., Tsuda E., Shimohama S., Hayashi T., Hisahara S., Kawamata J., Murahara T., Saitoh M., Suzuki S., Yamamoto D., Ishiyama Y., Ishiyama N., Noshiro M., Takeyama R., Uwasa K., Yasuda I., van derKooi A., deVisser M., Gibson T., Kim B. -J., Lee C. N., Koo Y. S., Seok H. Y., Kang H. N., Ra H. J., Kim B. J., Cho E. B., Choi M. S., Lee H. L., Min J. -H., Seok J., Lee J. E., Koh D. Y., Kwon J. Y., Park S. A., Choi E. H., Hong Y. -H., Ahn S. -H., Koo D. L., Lim J. -S., Shin C. W., Hwang J. Y., Kim M., Kim S. M., Jeong H. -N., Jung J. W., Kim Y. -H., Lee H. S., Shin H. Y., Hwang E. B., Shin M., Casasnovas C., AlbertiAguilo M. A., Homedes-Pedret C., JuliaPalacios N., DiezPorras L., VelezSantamaria V., Lazaro A., DiezTejedor E., Gomez Salcedo P., Fernandez-Fournier M., LopezRuiz P., Rodriguez deRivera F. J., Sastre M., Gamez J., Sune P., Salvado M., Gili G., Mazuela G., Illa I., CortesVicente E., Diaz-Manera J., QuerolGutierrez L. A., RojasGarcia R., Vidal N., Arribas-Ibar E., Piehl F., Hietala A., Bjarbo L., Sengun I., Meherremova A., Ozcelik P., Balkan B., Tuga C., Ugur M., Erdem-Ozdamar S., Bekircan-Kurt C. E., Acar N. P., Yilmaz E., Caliskan Y., Orsel G., Efendi H., Aydinlik S., Cavus H., Kutlu A., Becerikli G., Semiz C., Tun O., Terzi M., Dogan B., Onar M. K., Sen S., KirbasCavdar T., Veske A., Norwood F., Dimitriou A., Gollogly J., Mahdi-Rogers M., Seddigh A., Sokratous G., Maier G., Sohail F., Jacob S., Sadalage G., Torane P., Brown C., Shah A., Sathasivam S., Arndt H., Davies D., Watling D., Amato A., Cochrane T., Salajegheh M., Roe K., Amato K., Toska S., Wolfe G., Silvestri N., Patrick K., Zakalik K., Katz J., Miller R., Engel M., Forshew D., Bravver E., Brooks B., Plevka S., Burdette M., Cunningham S., Sanjak M., Kramer M., Nemeth J., Schommer C., Tierney S., Juel V., Guptill J., Hobson-Webb L., Massey J., Beck K., Carnes D., Loor J., Anderson A., Pascuzzi R., Bodkin C., Kincaid J., Snook R., Guingrich S., Micheels A., Chaudhry V., Corse A., Mosmiller B., Kelley A., Ho D., Srinivasan J., Vytopil M., Jara J., Ventura N., Scala S., Carter C., Donahue C., Herbert C., Weiner E., Alam S., McKinnon J., Haar L., McKinnon N., Alcon K., McKenna K., Sattar N., Daniels K., Jeffery D., Kissel J., Freimer M., Hoyle J. C., Agriesti J., Chelnick S., Mezache L., Pineda C., Muharrem F., Karam C., Khoury J., Marburger T., Kaur H., Dimitrova D., Gilchrist J., Agrawal B., Elsayed M., Kohlrus S., Andoin A., Darnell T., Golden L., Lokaitis B., Seelback J., Muppidi S., Goyal N., Sakamuri S., So Y. T., Paulose S., Pol S., Welsh L., Bhavaraju-Sanka R., TobonGonzales A., Dishman L., Jones F., Gonzalez A., Padilla P., Saklad A., Silva M., Nations S., Trivedi J., Hopkins S., Kazamel M., Alsharabati M., Lu L., Nozaki K., Mumfrey-Thomas S., Woodall A., Mozaffar T., Cash T., Roy G., Mathew V., Maqsood F., Minton B., Jones H. J., Rosenfeld J., Garcia R., Echevarria L., Garcia S., Pulley M., Aranke S., Berger A. R., Shah J., Shabbir Y., Smith L., Varghese M., Gutmann L., Jerath N., Nance C., Swenson A., Olalde H., Kressin N., Sieren J., Barohn R., Dimachkie M., Glenn M., McVey A., Pasnoor M., Statland J., Wang J., Liu T., Emmons K., Jenci N., Locheke J., Fondaw A., Johns K., Rico G., Walsh M., Herbelin L., Hafer-Macko C., Kwan J., Zilliox L., Callison K., Young V., DiSanzo B., Naunton K., Benatar M., Bilsker M., Sharma K., Cooley A., Reyes E., Michon S. -C., Sheldon D., Steele J., Chopra M., Traub R., Vu T., Katzin L., McClain T., Harvey B., Hart A., Huynh K., Beydoun S., Chilingaryan A., Doan V., Droker B., Gong H., Karimi S., Lin F., Pokala K., Tran A., Akhter S., Malekniazi A., Tandan R., Hehir M., Waheed W., Lucy S., Weiss M., Distad J., Strom S., Downing S., Kim B., Bertorini T., Arnold T., Hendersen K., Pillai R., Liu Y., Wheeler L., Hewlett J., Vanderhook M., Nowak R., Dicapua D., Keung B., Kumar A., Patwa H., Robeson K., Yang I., Nye J., Vu H., Andersen, H., Mantegazza, R., Wang, J. 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P., Yilmaz, E., Caliskan, Y., Orsel, G., Efendi, H., Aydinlik, S., Cavus, H., Kutlu, A., Becerikli, G., Semiz, C., Tun, O., Terzi, M., Dogan, B., Onar, M. K., Sen, S., Kirbascavdar, T., Veske, A., Norwood, F., Dimitriou, A., Gollogly, J., Mahdi-Rogers, M., Seddigh, A., Sokratous, G., Maier, G., Sohail, F., Jacob, S., Sadalage, G., Torane, P., Brown, C., Shah, A., Sathasivam, S., Arndt, H., Davies, D., Watling, D., Amato, A., Cochrane, T., Salajegheh, M., Roe, K., Amato, K., Toska, S., Wolfe, G., Silvestri, N., Patrick, K., Zakalik, K., Katz, J., Miller, R., Engel, M., Forshew, D., Bravver, E., Brooks, B., Plevka, S., Burdette, M., Cunningham, S., Sanjak, M., Kramer, M., Nemeth, J., Schommer, C., Tierney, S., Juel, V., Guptill, J., Hobson-Webb, L., Massey, J., Beck, K., Carnes, D., Loor, J., Anderson, A., Pascuzzi, R., Bodkin, C., Kincaid, J., Snook, R., Guingrich, S., Micheels, A., Chaudhry, V., Corse, A., Mosmiller, B., Kelley, A., Ho, D., Srinivasan, J., Vytopil, M., Jara, J., Ventura, N., Scala, S., Carter, C., Donahue, C., Herbert, C., Weiner, E., Alam, S., Mckinnon, J., Haar, L., Mckinnon, N., Alcon, K., Mckenna, K., Sattar, N., Daniels, K., Jeffery, D., Kissel, J., Freimer, M., Hoyle, J. C., Agriesti, J., Chelnick, S., Mezache, L., Pineda, C., Muharrem, F., Karam, C., Khoury, J., Marburger, T., Kaur, H., Dimitrova, D., Gilchrist, J., Agrawal, B., Elsayed, M., Kohlrus, S., Andoin, A., Darnell, T., Golden, L., Lokaitis, B., Seelback, J., Muppidi, S., Goyal, N., Sakamuri, S., So, Y. T., Paulose, S., Pol, S., Welsh, L., Bhavaraju-Sanka, R., Tobongonzales, A., Dishman, L., Jones, F., Gonzalez, A., Padilla, P., Saklad, A., Silva, M., Nations, S., Trivedi, J., Hopkins, S., Kazamel, M., Alsharabati, M., Lu, L., Nozaki, K., Mumfrey-Thomas, S., Woodall, A., Mozaffar, T., Cash, T., Roy, G., Mathew, V., Maqsood, F., Minton, B., Jones, H. J., Rosenfeld, J., Garcia, R., Echevarria, L., Garcia, S., Pulley, M., Aranke, S., Berger, A. R., Shah, J., Shabbir, Y., Smith, L., Varghese, M., Gutmann, L., Jerath, N., Nance, C., Swenson, A., Olalde, H., Kressin, N., Sieren, J., Barohn, R., Dimachkie, M., Glenn, M., Mcvey, A., Pasnoor, M., Statland, J., Wang, J., Liu, T., Emmons, K., Jenci, N., Locheke, J., Fondaw, A., Johns, K., Rico, G., Walsh, M., Herbelin, L., Hafer-Macko, C., Kwan, J., Zilliox, L., Callison, K., Young, V., Disanzo, B., Naunton, K., Benatar, M., Bilsker, M., Sharma, K., Cooley, A., Reyes, E., Michon, S. -C., Sheldon, D., Steele, J., Chopra, M., Traub, R., Vu, T., Katzin, L., Mcclain, T., Harvey, B., Hart, A., Huynh, K., Beydoun, S., Chilingaryan, A., Doan, V., Droker, B., Gong, H., Karimi, S., Lin, F., Pokala, K., Tran, A., Akhter, S., Malekniazi, A., Tandan, R., Hehir, M., Waheed, W., Lucy, S., Weiss, M., Distad, J., Strom, S., Downing, S., Kim, B., Bertorini, T., Arnold, T., Hendersen, K., Pillai, R., Liu, Y., Wheeler, L., Hewlett, J., Vanderhook, M., Nowak, R., Dicapua, D., Keung, B., Kumar, A., Patwa, H., Robeson, K., Yang, I., Nye, J., and Vu, H.
Subjects: Male, Activities of daily living, Outcome Assessment, Myasthenia Gravis/drug therapy, Myasthenia gravi, Placebos, 0302 clinical medicine, Quality of life, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Monoclonal, Receptors, Activities of Daily Living, Medicine and Health Sciences, Clinical endpoint, Receptors, Cholinergic, Fatigue/drug therapy, Myasthenia gravis, Humanized, Fatigue, Cholinergic, Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, 030503 health policy & services, Terminal complement inhibition, Eculizumab, Middle Aged, humanities, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/therapeutic use, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Health Policy & Services, Female, 0305 other medical science, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, medicine.drug, medicine.medical_specialty, Complement, Brief Communication, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, Placebo, Antibodies, 03 medical and health sciences, Neuro-QOL Fatigue, Refractory, Internal medicine, Myasthenia Gravis, medicine, Humans, Generalized myasthenia, Placebos/therapeutic use, Quality of Life, Receptors, Cholinergic/immunology, Science & Technology, business.industry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Correction, medicine.disease, Health Care, Health Care Sciences & Services, business
Abstract: Purpose To evaluate the effect of eculizumab on perceived fatigue in patients with anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive, refractory, generalized myasthenia gravis (MG) using the Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders (Neuro-QOL) Fatigue subscale, and to evaluate correlations between improvements in Neuro-QOL Fatigue and other clinical endpoints. Methods Neuro-QOL Fatigue, MG Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL), Quantitative MG (QMG), and the 15-item MG Quality of Life (MG-QOL15) scales were administered during the phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled REGAIN study (eculizumab, n = 62; placebo, n = 63) and subsequent open-label extension (OLE). Data were analyzed using repeated-measures models. Correlations between changes in Neuro-QOL Fatigue and in MG-ADL, QMG, and MG-QOL15 scores were determined at REGAIN week 26. Results At REGAIN week 26, eculizumab-treated patients showed significantly greater improvements in Neuro-QOL Fatigue scores than placebo-treated patients (consistent with improvements in MG-ADL, QMG, and MG-QOL15 scores previously reported in REGAIN). Improvements with eculizumab were sustained through OLE week 52. Correlations between Neuro-QOL Fatigue and MG-QOL15, MG-ADL, and QMG scores were strong for eculizumab-treated patients at REGAIN week 26, and strong, moderate, and weak, respectively, for placebo-treated patients. Conclusions Compared with placebo, eculizumab was associated with improvements in perceived fatigue that strongly correlated with improvements in MG-specific outcome measures. Trial ID Registration: NCT01997229, NCT02301624.
Published: 2019

11. ‘Minimal symptom expression’ in patients with acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive refractory generalized myasthenia gravis treated with eculizumab

Author: Vissing, J., Jacob, S., Fujita, K. P., O'Brien, F., Howard, J. F., Mazia, C. G., Wilken, M., Barroso, F., Saba, J., Rugiero, M., Bettini, M., Chaves, M., Vidal, G., Garcia, A. D., DeBleecker, J., Vanden Abeele, G., deKoning, K., DeMey, K., Mercelis, R., Mahieu, D., Wagemaekers, L., VanDamme, P., Depreitere, A., Schotte, C., Smetcoren, C., Stevens, O., VanDaele, S., Vandenbussche, N., Vanhee, A., Verjans, S., Vynckier, J., D'Hont, A., Tilkin, P., Alves deSiqueira Carvalho, A., DiasBrockhausen, I., Feder, D., Ambrosio, D., Cesar, P., Melo, A. P., MartinsRibeiro, R., Rocha, R., Rosa, B. B., Veiga, T., daSilva, L. A., SantosEngel, M., GoncalvesGeraldo, J., daPenha Ananias Morita, M., NogueiraCoelho, E., Paiva, G., Pozo, M., Prando, N., MartineliTorres, D. D., Butinhao, C. F., Duran, G., SurianeFialho, T. A., Gomes daSilva, T. C., MaiaGoncalves, L. O., Pazetto, L. E., CubasVolpe, L. R., SouzaDuca, L., GhellerFriedrich, M. A., Guerreiro, A., Mohr, H., PereiraMartins, M., daCruz Pacheco, D., Ferreira, L., Macagnan, A. P., Pinto, G., deCassia Santos, A., Souza BulleOliveira, A., Amaral deAndrade, A. C., Annes, M., DuarteSilva, L., CavalcanteLino, V., Pinto, W., Assis, N., Carrara, F., Miranda, C., Souza, I., Fernandes, P., Siddiqi, Z., Phan, C., Narayan, J., Blackmore, D., Mallon, A., Roderus, R., Watt, E., Vohanka, S., Bednarik, J., Chmelikova, M., Cierny, M., Toncrova, S., Junkerova BarboraKurkova, J., Reguliova, K., Zapletalova, O., Pitha, J., Novakova, I., Tyblova, M., Jurajdova, I., Wolfova, M., Andersen, H., Harbo, T., Vinge, L., Krogh, S., Mogensen, A., Hojgaard, J., Witting, N., Mette OstergaardAutzen, A., Pedersen, J., Eralinna, J. -P., Laaksonen, M., Oksaranta, O., Harrison, T., Eriksson, J., Rozsa, C., Horvath, M., Lovas, G., Matolcsi, J., Szabo, G., Jakab, G., Szabadosne, B., Vecsei, L., Dezsi, L., Varga, E., Konyane, M., Antonini, G., DiPasquale, A., Garibaldi, M., Morino, S., Troili, F., Fionda, L., Sacca, F., Previous, Filla, A., Sub-Investigators, Costabile, T., Marano, E., Fasanaro, A., Marsili, A., Puorro, G., Mantegazza, R., Antozzi, C., Bonanno, S., Camera, G., Locatelli, A., Maggi, L., Pasanisi, M., Campanella, A., Evoli, A., Alboini, P. E., D'Amato, V., Iorio, R., Inghilleri, M., Frasca, V., Giacomelli, E., Gori, M., Lopergolo, D., Onesti, E., Gabriele, M., Uzawa, A., Kanai, T., Kawaguchi, N., Mori, M., Kaneko, Y., Kanzaki, A., Kobayashi, E., Murai, H., Masaki, K., Matsuse, D., Matsushita, T., Uehara, T., Shimpo, M., Jingu, M., Kikutake, K., Nakamura, Y., Sano, Y., Utsugisawa, K., Nagane, Y., Kamegamori, I., Tsuda, T., Fujii, Y., Futono, K., Ozawa, Y., Mizugami, A., Saito, Y., Samukawa, M., Suzuki, H., Morikawa, M., Kamakura, S., Miyawaki, E., Shiraishi, H., Mitazaki, T., Motomura, M., Mukaino, A., Yoshimura, S., Asada, S., Yoshida, S., Amamoto, S., Kobashikawa, T., Koga, M., Maeda, Y., Takada, K., Takada, M., Tsurumaru, M., Yamashita, Y., Suzuki, Y., Akiyama, T., Narikawa, K., Tano, O., Tsukita, K., Kurihara, R., Meguro, F., Fukuda, Y., Sato, M., Okumura, M., Funaka, S., Kawamura, T., Makamori, M., Takahashi, M., Taichi, N., Hasuike, T., Higuchi, E., Kobayashi, H., Osakada, K., Imai, T., Tsuda, E., Shimohama, S., Hayashi, T., Hisahara, S., Kawamata, J., Murahara, T., Saitoh, M., Suzuki, S., Yamamoto, D., Ishiyama, Y., Ishiyama, N., Noshiro, M., Takeyama, R., Uwasa, K., Yasuda, I., Kim, B. -J., Lee, C. N., Koo, Y. S., Seok, H. Y., Kang, H. N., H. J., Ra, Kim, B. J., Cho, E. B., Choi, M. S., Lee, H. L., Min, J. -H., Seok, J., Lee, J. E., Koh, D. Y., Kwon, J. Y., Park, S. A., Choi, E. H., Hong, Y. -H., Ahn, S. -H., Koo, D. L., Lim, J. -S., Shin, C. W., Hwang, J. Y., Kim, M., Kim, S. M., Jeong, H. -N., Jung, J. W., Kim, Y. -H., Lee, H. S., Shin, H. Y., Hwang, E. B., Shin, M., van derKooi, A., deVisser, M., Gibson, T., Casasnovas, C., AlbertiAguilo, M. A., Homedes-Pedret, C., Palacios, N. J., DiezPorras, L., VelezSantamaria, V., Lazaro, A., DiezTejedor, E., GomezSalcedo, P., Fernandez-Fournier, M., LopezRuiz, P., Rodriguez deRivera, F. J., Sastre, M., GamezCarbonell, J., Sune, P., SalvadoFigueras, M., Gili, G., Mazuela, G., Illa, I., CortesVicente, E., Diaz-Manera, J., QuerolGutierrez, L. A., RojasGarcia, R., Vidal, N., Arribas-Ibar, E., Piehl, F., Hietala, A., Bjarbo, L., Sengun, I., Meherremova, A., Ozcelik, P., Balkan, B., Tuga, C., Ugur, M., Erdem-Ozdamar, S., Bekircan-Kurt, C. E., Acar, N. P., Yilmaz, E., Caliskan, Y., Orsel, G., Efendi, H., Aydinlik, S., Cavus, H., Kutlu, A., Becerikli, G., Semiz, C., Tun, O., Terzi, M., Dogan, B., Onar, M. K., Sen, S., KirbasCavdar, T., Veske, A., Norwood, F., Dimitriou, A., Gollogly, J., Mahdi-Rogers, M., Seddigh, A., Sokratous, G., Maier, G., Sohail, F., Sadalage, G., Torane, P., Brown, C., Shah, A., Sathasivam, S., Arndt, H., Davies, D., Watling, D., Amato, A., Cochrane, T., Salajegheh, M., Roe, K., Amato, K., Toska, S., Wolfe, G., Silvestri, N., Patrick, K., Zakalik, K., Katz, J., Miller, R., Engel, M., Forshew, D., Bravver, E., Brooks, B., Sanjak, M., Plevka, S., Burdette, M., Cunningham, S., Kramer, M., Nemeth, J., Schommer, C., Tinerney, S., Juel, V., Guptill, J., Hobson-Webb, L., Massey, J., Beck, K., Carnes, D., Loor, J., Anderson, A., Pascuzzi, R., Bodkin, C., Kincaid, J., Snook, R., Guinrich, S., Micheels, A., Chaudhry, V., Corse, A., Mosmiller, B., Kelley, A., Ho, D., Srinivasan, J., Vytopil, M., Jara, J., Ventura, N., Carter, C., Donahue, C., Herbert, C., Scala, S., Weiner, E., Alam, S., McKinnon, J., Haar, L., McKinnon, N., Alcon, K., McKenna, K., Sattar, N., Daniels, K., Jeffery, D., Freimer, M., Hoyle, J. C., Kissel, J., Agriesti, J., Chelnick, S., Mezache, L., Pineda, C., Muharrem, F., Karam, C., Khoury, J., Marburger, T., Kaur, H., Dimitrova, D., Gilchrist, J., Agrawal, B., Elsayed, M., Kohlrus, S., Andoin, A., Darnell, T., Golden, L., Lokaitis, B., Seelbach, J., Muppidi, S., Goyal, N., Sakamuri, S., Y. T., So, Paulose, S., Pol, S., Welsh, L., Bhavaraju-Sanka, R., TobonGonzalez, A., Dishman, L., Jones, F., Gonzalez, A., Padilla, P., Saklad, A., Silva, M., Nations, S., Trivedi, J., Hopkins, S., Kazamel, M., Alsharabati, M., Lu, L., Nozaki, K., Mumfrey-Thomas, S., Woodall, A., Mozaffar, T., Cash, T., Roy, G., Mathew, V., Maqsood, F., Minton, B., Jones, H. J., Rosenfeld, J., Garcia, R., Echevarria, L., Garcia, S., Pulley, M., Aranke, S., Berger, A. R., Shah, J., Shabbir, Y., Smith, L., Varghese, M., Gutmann, L., Jerath, N., Nance, C., Swenson, A., Olalde, H., Kressin, N., Sieren, J., Barohn, R., Dimachkie, M., Glenn, M., McVey, A., Pasnoor, M., Statland, J., Wang, Y., Liu, T., Emmons, K., Jenci, N., Locheke, J., Fondaw, A., Johns, K., Rico, G., Walsh, M., Herbelin, L., Hafer-Macko, C., Kwan, J., Zilliox, L., Callison, K., Young, V., DiSanzo, B., Naunton, K., Benatar, M., Bilsker, M., Sharma, K., Cooley, A., Reyes, E., Michon, S. -C., Sheldon, D., Steele, J., Traub, R., Chopra, M., Vu, T., Katzin, L., McClain, T., Harvey, B., Hart, A., Huynh, K., Beydoun, S., Chilingaryan, A., Doan, V., Droker, B., Gong, H., Karimi, S., Lin, F., Polaka, K., Tran, A., Akhter, S., Malekniazi, A., Tandan, R., Hehir, M., Waheed, W., Lucy, S., Weiss, M., Distad, J., Strom, S., Downing, S., Kim, B., Bertorini, T., Arnold, T., Henderson, K., Pillai, R., Liu, Y., Wheeler, L., Hewlett, J., Vanderhook, M., Nowak, R., Dicapua, D., Keung, B., Kumar, A., Patwa, H., Robeson, K., Yang, I., Nye, J., and Vu, H.
Subjects: Acetylcholine receptor, Eculizumab, Minimal symptom expression, Myasthenia gravis, Refractory, Adult, Aged, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, Autoantibodies, Double-Blind Method, Female, Humans, Immunologic Factors, Male, Middle Aged, Myasthenia Gravis, Receptors, Cholinergic, Activities of Daily Living, Patient Reported Outcome Measures, Quality of Life
Published: 2020

12. Correction to: Eculizumab improves fatigue in refractory generalized myasthenia gravis (Quality of Life Research, (2019), 28, 8, (2247-2254), 10.1007/s11136-019-02148-2)

Author: Andersen, H., Mantegazza, R., Wang, J. J., O'Brien, F., Patra, K., Howard, J. F., Mazia, C. G., Wilken, M., Barroso, F., Saba, J., Rugiero, M., Bettini, M., Chaves, M., Vidal, G., Garcia, A. D., Debleecker, J., Van denAbeele, G., Dekoning, K., Demey, K., Mercelis, R., Mahieu, D., Wagemaekers, L., Vandamme, P., Depreitere, A., Schotte, C., Smetcoren, C., Stevens, O., Vandaele, S., Vandenbussche, N., Vanhee, A., Verjans, S., Vynckier, J., D'Hondt, A., Tilkin, P., AlvesdeSiqueira Carvalho, A., Diasbrockhausen, I., Feder, D., Ambrosio, D., Cesar, P., Melo, A. P., Martinsribeiro, R., Rocha, R., Bezerrarosa, B., Veiga, T., Dasilva, L. A., Santosengel, M., Goncalvesgeraldo, J., daPenha AnaniasMorita, M., Nogueiracoelho, E., Paiva, G., Pozo, M., Prando, N., Martinelitorres, D. D., Butinhao, C. F., Duran, G., Gomes daSilva, T. C., Otavio MaiaGoncalves, L., Pazetto, L. E., Fialho, T. A. S., Renata CubasVolpe, L., Souzaduca, L., Ghellerfriedrich, M. A., Guerreiro, A., Mohr, H., Pereiramartins, M., daCruz Pacheco, D., Ferreira, L., Macagnan, A. P., Pinto, G., deCassia Santos, A., Souza BulleOliveira, A., Amaralandrade, A. C., Annes, M., Duarte Silva, L., Cavalcantelino, V., Pinto, W., Assis, N., Carrara, F., Miranda, C., Souza, I., Fernandes, P., Siddiqi, Z., Phan, C., Narayan, J., Blackmore, D., Mallon, A., Roderus, R., Watt, E., Vohanka, S., Bednarik, J., Chmelikova, M., Cierny, M., Toncrova, S., Junkerova, J., Kurkova, B., Reguliova, K., Zapletalova, O., Pitha, J., Novakova, I., Tyblova, M., Jurajdova, I., Wolfova, M., Harbo, T., Vinge, L., Krogh, S., Mogensen, A., Vissing, J., Hojgaard, J., Witting, N., Ostergaardautzen, A., Pedersen, J., Eralinna, J. -P., Laaksonen, M., Oksaranta, O., Harrison, T., Eriksson, J., Rozsa, C., Horvath, M., Lovas, G., Matolcsi, J., Szabo, G., Jakab, G., Szabadosne, B., Vecsei, L., Dezsi, L., Varga, E., Konyane, M., Antonini, G., Dipasquale, A., Garibaldi, M., Morino, S., Troili, F., Fionda, L., Filla, A., Costabile, T., Marano, E., Sacca, F., Fasanaro, A., Marsili, A., Puorro, G., Antozzi, C., Bonanno, S., Camera, G., Locatelli, A., Maggi, L., Pasanisi, M., Campanella, A., Evoli, A., Alboini, P. 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N., Koo, Y. S., Seok, H. Y., Kang, H. N., H. J., Ra, Kim, B. J., Cho, E. B., Choi, M. S., Lee, H. L., Min, J. -H., Seok, J., Lee, J. E., Koh, D. Y., Kwon, J. Y., Park, S. A., Choi, E. H., Hong, Y. -H., Ahn, S. -H., Koo, D. L., Lim, J. -S., Shin, C. W., Hwang, J. Y., Kim, M., Kim, S. M., Jeong, H. -N., Jung, J. W., Kim, Y. -H., Lee, H. S., Shin, H. Y., Hwang, E. B., Shin, M., Casasnovas, C., Albertiaguilo, M. A., Homedes-Pedret, C., Juliapalacios, N., Diezporras, L., Velezsantamaria, V., Lazaro, A., Dieztejedor, E., Gomez Salcedo, P., Fernandez-Fournier, M., Lopezruiz, P., Rodriguez deRivera, F. J., Sastre, M., Gamez, J., Sune, P., Salvado, M., Gili, G., Mazuela, G., Illa, I., Cortesvicente, E., Diaz-Manera, J., Querolgutierrez, L. A., Rojasgarcia, R., Vidal, N., Arribas-Ibar, E., Piehl, F., Hietala, A., Bjarbo, L., Sengun, I., Meherremova, A., Ozcelik, P., Balkan, B., Tuga, C., Ugur, M., Erdem-Ozdamar, S., Bekircan-Kurt, C. E., Acar, N. P., Yilmaz, E., Caliskan, Y., Orsel, G., Efendi, H., Aydinlik, S., Cavus, H., Kutlu, A., Becerikli, G., Semiz, C., Tun, O., Terzi, M., Dogan, B., Onar, M. K., Sen, S., Kirbascavdar, T., Veske, A., Norwood, F., Dimitriou, A., Gollogly, J., Mahdi-Rogers, M., Seddigh, A., Sokratous, G., Maier, G., Sohail, F., Jacob, S., Sadalage, G., Torane, P., Brown, C., Shah, A., Sathasivam, S., Arndt, H., Davies, D., Watling, D., Amato, A., Cochrane, T., Salajegheh, M., Roe, K., Amato, K., Toska, S., Wolfe, G., Silvestri, N., Patrick, K., Zakalik, K., Katz, J., Miller, R., Engel, M., Forshew, D., Bravver, E., Brooks, B., Plevka, S., Burdette, M., Cunningham, S., Sanjak, M., Kramer, M., Nemeth, J., Schommer, C., Tierney, S., Juel, V., Guptill, J., Hobson-Webb, L., Massey, J., Beck, K., Carnes, D., Loor, J., Anderson, A., Pascuzzi, R., Bodkin, C., Kincaid, J., Snook, R., Guingrich, S., Micheels, A., Chaudhry, V., Corse, A., Mosmiller, B., Kelley, A., Ho, D., Srinivasan, J., Vytopil, M., Jara, J., Ventura, N., Scala, S., Carter, C., Donahue, C., Herbert, C., Weiner, E., Alam, S., Mckinnon, J., Haar, L., Mckinnon, N., Alcon, K., Mckenna, K., Sattar, N., Daniels, K., Jeffery, D., Kissel, J., Freimer, M., Hoyle, J. C., Agriesti, J., Chelnick, S., Mezache, L., Pineda, C., Muharrem, F., Karam, C., Khoury, J., Marburger, T., Kaur, H., Dimitrova, D., Gilchrist, J., Agrawal, B., Elsayed, M., Kohlrus, S., Andoin, A., Darnell, T., Golden, L., Lokaitis, B., Seelback, J., Muppidi, S., Goyal, N., Sakamuri, S., Y. T., So, Paulose, S., Pol, S., Welsh, L., Bhavaraju-Sanka, R., Tobongonzales, A., Dishman, L., Jones, F., Gonzalez, A., Padilla, P., Saklad, A., Silva, M., Nations, S., Trivedi, J., Hopkins, S., Kazamel, M., Alsharabati, M., Lu, L., Nozaki, K., Mumfrey-Thomas, S., Woodall, A., Mozaffar, T., Cash, T., Roy, G., Mathew, V., Maqsood, F., Minton, B., Jones, H. J., Rosenfeld, J., Garcia, R., Echevarria, L., Garcia, S., Pulley, M., Aranke, S., Berger, A. R., Shah, J., Shabbir, Y., Smith, L., Varghese, M., Gutmann, L., Jerath, N., Nance, C., Swenson, A., Olalde, H., Kressin, N., Sieren, J., Barohn, R., Dimachkie, M., Glenn, M., Mcvey, A., Pasnoor, M., Statland, J., Wang, J., Liu, T., Emmons, K., Jenci, N., Locheke, J., Fondaw, A., Johns, K., Rico, G., Walsh, M., Herbelin, L., Hafer-Macko, C., Kwan, J., Zilliox, L., Callison, K., Young, V., Disanzo, B., Naunton, K., Benatar, M., Bilsker, M., Sharma, K., Cooley, A., Reyes, E., Michon, S. -C., Sheldon, D., Steele, J., Chopra, M., Traub, R., Vu, T., Katzin, L., Mcclain, T., Harvey, B., Hart, A., Huynh, K., Beydoun, S., Chilingaryan, A., Doan, V., Droker, B., Gong, H., Karimi, S., Lin, F., Pokala, K., Tran, A., Akhter, S., Malekniazi, A., Tandan, R., Hehir, M., Waheed, W., Lucy, S., Weiss, M., Distad, J., Strom, S., Downing, S., Kim, B., Bertorini, T., Arnold, T., Hendersen, K., Pillai, R., Liu, Y., Wheeler, L., Hewlett, J., Vanderhook, M., Nowak, R., Dicapua, D., Keung, B., Kumar, A., Patwa, H., Robeson, K., Yang, I., Nye, J., and Vu, H.
Subjects: myasthenia gravis, eculizumab
Published: 2019

13. Long-term safety and efficacy of eculizumab in generalized myasthenia gravis

Author: Muppidi, Srikanth, Utsugisawa, Kimiaki, Benatar, Michael, Murai, Hiroyuki, Barohn, Richard J., Illa, Isabel, Jacob, Saiju, Vissing, John, Burns, Ted M., Kissel, John T., Nowak, Richard J., Andersen, Henning, Casasnovas, Carlos, de Bleecker, Jan L., Vu, Tuan H., Mantegazza, Renato, O'Brien, Fanny L., Wang, Jing Jing, Fujita, Kenji P., Howard, James F., Mazia, Claudio Gabriel, Wilken, Miguel, Barroso, Fabio, Saba, Juliet, Rugiero, Marcelo, Bettini, Mariela, Chaves, Marcelo, Vidal, Gonzalo, Garcia, Alejandra Dalila, van den Abeele, Guy, de Koning, Kathy, de Mey, Katrien, Mercelis, Rudy, Mahieu, D. lphine, Wagemaekers, Linda, van Damme, Philip, Depreitere, Annelies, Schotte, Caroline, Smetcoren, Charlotte, Stevens, Olivier, van Daele, Sien, Vandenbussche, Nicolas, Vanhee, Annelies, Verjans, Sarah, Vynckier, Jan, D'Hondt, Ann, Tilkin, Petra, Alves de Siqueira Carvalho, Alzira, Dias Brockhausen, Igor, Feder, David, Ambrosio, Daniel, César, Pamela, Melo, Ana Paula, Martins Ribeiro, Renata, Rocha, Rosana, Bezerra Rosa, Bruno, Veiga, Thabata, da Silva, Luiz Augusto, Santos Engel, Murilo, Gonçalves Geraldo, Jordana, Ananias Morita, Maria da Penha, Nogueira Coelho, Erica, Paiva, Gabriel, Pozo, Marina, Prando, Natalia, Martineli Torres, Debora Dada, Butinhao, Cristiani Fernanda, Duran, Gustavo, Gomes da Silva, Tamires Cristina, Otavio Maia Gonçalves, Luiz, Pazetto, Lucas Eduardo, Fialho, Tomás Augusto Suriane, Renata Cubas Volpe, Luciana, Souza Duca, Luciana, Gheller Friedrich, Maurício André, Guerreiro, Alexandre, Mohr, Henrique, Pereira Martins, Maurer, da Cruz Pacheco, Daiane, Ferreira, Luciana, Macagnan, Ana Paula, Pinto, Graziela, de Cassia Santos, Aline, Souza Bulle Oliveira, Acary, Amaral Andrade, Ana Carolina, Annes, Marcelo, Duarte Silva, Liene, Cavalcante Lino, Valeria, Pinto, Wladimir, Assis, Natália, Carrara, Fernanda, Miranda, Carolina, Souza, Iandra, Fernandes, Patricia, Siddiqi, Zaeem, Phan, Cecile, Narayan, Jeffrey, Blackmore, Derrick, Mallon, Ashley, Roderus, Rikki, Watt, Elizabeth, Vohanka, Stanislav, Bednarik, Josef, Chmelikova, Magda, Cierny, Marek, Toncrova, Stanislava, Junkerova, Jana, Kurkova, Barbora, Reguliova, Katarina, Zapletalova, Olga, Pitha, Jiri, Novakova, Iveta, Tyblova, Michaela, Jurajdova, Ivana, Wolfova, Marcela, Harbo, Thomas, Vinge, Lotte, Krogh, Susanne, Mogensen, Anita, Højgaard, Joan, Witting, Nanna, Ostergaard Autzen, Anne, Pedersen, Jane, Eralinna, Juha-Pekka, Laaksonen, Mikko, Oksaranta, Olli, Harrison, Tuula, Eriksson, Jaana, Rozsa, Csilla, Horvath, Melinda, Lovas, Gabor, Matolcsi, Judit, Szabo, Gyorgyi, Jakab, Gedeonne, Szabadosne, Brigitta, Vecsei, Laszlo, Dezsi, Livia, Varga, Edina, Konyane, Monika, Antonini, Giovanni, di Pasquale, Antonella, Garibaldi, Matteo, Morino, Stefania, Troili, Fernanda, Fionda, Laura, Filla, Allessandro, Costabile, Teresa, Marano, Enrico, Saccà, Francesco, Fasanaro, Angiola, Marsili, Angela, Puorro, Giorgia, Antozzi, Carlo, Bonanno, Silvia, Camera, Giorgia, Locatelli, Alberta, Maggi, Lorenzo, Pasanisi, Maria, Campanella, Angela, Evoli, Amelia, Alboini, Paolo Emilio, D'Amato, Valentina, Iorio, Raffaele, Inghilleri, Maurizio, Frasca, Vittorio, Giacomelli, Elena, Gori, Maria, Lopergolo, Diego, Onesti, Emanuela, Gabriele, Maria, Uzawa, Akiyuki, Kanai, Tetsuya, Kawaguchi, Naoki, Mori, Masahiro, Kaneko, Yoko, Kanzaki, Akiko, Kobayashi, Eri, Masaki, Katsuhisa, Matsuse, Dai, Matsushita, Takuya, Uehara, Taira, Shimpo, Misa, Jingu, Maki, Kikutake, Keiko, Nakamura, Yumiko, Sano, Yoshiko, Nagane, Yuriko, Kamegamori, Ikuko, Tsuda, Tomoko, Fujii, Yuko, Futono, Kazumi, Ozawa, Yukiko, Mizugami, Aya, Saito, Yuka, Suzuki, Hidekazu, Morikawa, Miyuki, Samukawa, Makoto, Kamakura, Sachiko, Miyawaki, Eriko, Shiraishi, Hirokazu, Mitazaki, Teiichiro, Motomura, Masakatsu, Mukaino, Akihiro, Yoshimura, Shunsuke, Asada, Shizuka, Yoshida, Seiko, Amamoto, Shoko, Kobashikawa, Tomomi, Koga, Megumi, Maeda, Yasuko, Takada, Kazumi, Takada, Mihoko, Tsurumaru, Masako, Yamashita, Yumi, Suzuki, Yasushi, Akiyama, Tetsuya, Narikawa, Koichi, Tano, Ohito, Tsukita, Kenichi, Kurihara, Rikako, Meguro, Fumie, Fukuda, Yusuke, Sato, Miwako, Okumura, Meinoshin, Funaka, Soichiro, Kawamura, Tomohiro, Makamori, Masayuki, Takahashi, Masanori, Taichi, Namie, Hasuike, Tomoya, Higuchi, Eriko, Kobayashi, Hisako, Osakada, Kaori, Imai, Tomihiro, Tsuda, Emiko, Shimohama, Shun, Hayashi, Takashi, Hisahara, Shin, Kawamata, Jun, Murahara, Takashi, Saitoh, Masaki, Suzuki, Shuichiro, Yamamoto, Daisuke, Ishiyama, Yoko, Ishiyama, Naoko, Noshiro, Mayuko, Takeyama, Rumi, Uwasa, Kaori, Yasuda, Ikuko, van der Kooi, Anneke, de Visser, Marianne, Gibson, Tamar, Kim, Byung-Jo, Lee, Chang Nyoung, Koo, Yong Seo, Seok, Hung Youl, Kang, Hoo Nam, Ra, HyeJin, Kim, Byoung Joon, Cho, Eun Bin, Choi, MiSong, Lee, HyeLim, Min, Ju-Hong, Seok, Jinmyoung, Lee, JiEun, Koh, Da Yoon, Kwon, JuYoung, Park, SangAe, Choi, Eun Hwa, Hong, Yoon-Ho, Ahn, So-Hyun, Koo, Dae Lim, Lim, Jae-Sung, Shin, Chae Won, Hwang, Ji Ye, Kim, Miri, Kim, Seung Min, Jeong, Ha-Neul, Jung, JinWoo, Kim, Yool-hee, Lee, Hyung Seok, Shin, Ha Young, Hwang, Eun Bi, Shin, Miju, Alberti Aguilo, Maria Antonia, Homedes-Pedret, Christian, Julia Palacios, Natalia, Diez Porras, Laura, Velez Santamaria, Valentina, Lazaro, Ana, Diez Tejedor, Exuperio, Gomez Salcedo, Pilar, Fernandez-Fournier, Mireya, Lopez Ruiz, Pedro, Rodriguez de Rivera, Francisco Javier, Sastre, Maria, Gamez, Josep, Sune, Pilar, Salvado, Maria, Gili, Gisela, Mazuela, Gonzalo, Cortes Vicente, Elena, Diaz-Manera, Jordi, Querol Gutierrez, Luis Antonio, Rojas Garcia, Ricardo, Vidal, Nuria, Arribas-Ibar, Elisabet, Piehl, Fredrik, Hietala, Albert, Bjarbo, Lena, Sengun, Ihsan, Meherremova, Arzu, Ozcelik, Pinar, Balkan, Bengu, Tuga, Celal, Ugur, Muzeyyen, Erdem-Ozdamar, Sevim, Bekircan-Kurt, Can Ebru, Acar, Nazire Pinar, Yilmaz, Ezgi, Caliskan, Yagmur, Orsel, Gulsah, Efendi, Husnu, Aydinlik, Seda, Cavus, Hakan, Kutlu, Ayse, Becerikli, Gulsar, Semiz, Cansu, Tun, Ozlem, Terzi, Murat, Dogan, Baki, Onar, Musa Kazim, Sen, Sedat, Kirbas Cavdar, Tugce, Veske, Adife, Norwood, Fiona, Dimitriou, Aikaterini, Gollogly, Jakit, Mahdi-Rogers, Mohamed, Seddigh, Arshira, Sokratous, Giannis, Maier, Gal, Sohail, Faisal, Sadalage, Girija, Torane, Pravin, Brown, Claire, Shah, Amna, Sathasivam, Sivakumar, Arndt, Heike, Davies, Debbie, Watling, Dave, Amato, Anthony, Cochrane, Thomas, Salajegheh, Mohammed, Roe, Kristen, Amato, Katherine, Toska, Shirli, Wolfe, Gil, Silvestri, Nicholas, Patrick, Kara, Zakalik, Karen, Katz, Jonathan, Miller, Robert, Engel, Marguerite, Forshew, Dallas, Bravver, Elena, Brooks, Benjamin, Plevka, Sarah, Burdette, Maryanne, Cunningham, Scott, Sanjak, Mohammad, Kramer, Megan, Nemeth, Joanne, Schommer, Clara, Tierney, Scott, Juel, Vern, Guptill, Jeffrey, Hobson-Webb, Lisa, Massey, Janice, Beck, Kate, Carnes, Donna, Loor, John, Anderson, Amanda, Pascuzzi, Robert, Bodkin, Cynthia, Kincaid, John, Snook, Riley, Guingrich, Sandra, Micheels, Angela, Chaudhry, Vinay, Corse, Andrea, Mosmiller, Betsy, Kelley, Andrea, Ho, Doreen, Srinivasan, Jayashri, Vytopil, Michal, Jara, Jordan, Ventura, Nicholas, Scala, Stephanie, Carter, Cynthia, Donahue, Craig, Herbert, Carol, Weiner, Elaine, Alam, Sharmeen, McKinnon, Jonathan, Haar, Laura, McKinnon, Naya, Alcon, Karan, McKenna, Kaitlyn, Sattar, Nadia, Daniels, Kevin, Jeffery, Dennis, Freimer, Miriam, Hoyle, Joseph Chad, Agriesti, Julie, Chelnick, Sharon, Mezache, Louisa, Pineda, Colleen, Muharrem, Filiz, Karam, Chafic, Khoury, Julie, Marburger, Tessa, Kaur, Harpreet, Dimitrova, Diana, Gilchrist, James, Agrawal, Brajesh, Elsayed, Mona, Kohlrus, Stephanie, Andoin, Angela, Darnell, Taylor, Golden, Laura, Lokaitis, Barbara, Seelback, Jenna, Goyal, Neelam, Sakamuri, Sarada, So, Yuen T., Paulose, Shirley, Pol, Sabrina, Welsh, Lesly, Bhavaraju-Sanka, Ratna, Tobon Gonzales, Alejandro, Dishman, Lorraine, Jones, Floyd, Gonzalez, Anna, Padilla, Patricia, Saklad, Amy, Silva, Marcela, Nations, Sharon, Trivedi, Jaya, Hopkins, Steve, Kazamel, Mohamed, Alsharabati, Mohammad, Lu, Liang, Nozaki, Kenkichi, Mumfrey-Thomas, Sandi, Woodall, Amy, Mozaffar, Tahseen, Cash, Tiyonnoh, Goyal, Namita, Roy, Gulmohor, Mathew, Veena, Maqsood, Fatima, Minton, Brian, Jones, H. James, Rosenfeld, Jeffrey, Garcia, Rebekah, Echevarria, Laura, Garcia, Sonia, Pulley, Michael, Aranke, Shachie, Berger, Alan Ross, Shah, Jaimin, Shabbir, Yasmeen, Smith, Lisa, Varghese, Mary, Gutmann, Laurie, Gutmann, Ludwig, Jerath, Nivedita, Nance, Christopher, Swenson, Andrea, Olalde, Heena, Kressin, Nicole, Sieren, Jeri, Dimachkie, Mazen, Glenn, Melanie, McVey, April, Pasnoor, Mamatha, Statland, Jeffery, Wang, Yunxia, Liu, Tina, Emmons, Kelley, Jenci, Nicole, Locheke, Jerry, Fondaw, Alex, Johns, Kathryn, Rico, Gabrielle, Walsh, Maureen, Herbelin, Laura, Hafer-Macko, Charlene, Kwan, Justin, Zilliox, Lindsay, Callison, Karen, Young, Valerie, DiSanzo, Beth, Naunton, Kerry, Bilsker, Martin, Sharma, Khema, Cooley, Anne, Reyes, Eliana, Michon, Sara-Claude, Sheldon, Danielle, Steele, Julie, Chopra, Manisha, Traub, Rebecca, Katzin, Lara, McClain, Terry, Harvey, Brittany, Hart, Adam, Huynh, Kristin, Beydoun, Said, Chilingaryan, Amaiak, Doan, Victor, Droker, Brian, Gong, Hui, Karimi, Sanaz, Lin, Frank, Pokala, Krishna, Shah, Akshay, Tran, Anh, Akhter, Salma, Malekniazi, Ali, Tandan, Rup, Hehir, Michael, Waheed, Waqar, Lucy, Shannon, Weiss, Michael, Distad, Jane, Strom, Susan, Downing, Sharon, Kim, Bryan, Bertorini, Tulio, Arnold, Thomas, Hendersen, Kendrick, Pillai, Rekha, Liu, Ye, Wheeler, Lauren, Hewlett, Jasmine, Vanderhook, Mollie, Dicapua, Daniel, Keung, Benison, Kumar, Aditya, Patwa, Huned, Robeson, Kimberly, Yang, Irene, Nye, Joan, Vu, Hong, Muppidi, S., Utsugisawa, K., Benatar, M., Murai, H., Barohn, R. J., Illa, I., Jacob, S., Vissing, J., Burns, T. M., Kissel, J. T., Nowak, R. J., Andersen, H., Casasnovas, C., de Bleecker, J. L., Vu, T. H., Mantegazza, R., O'Brien, F. L., Wang, J. J., Fujita, K. P., Howard, J. F., Mazia, C. G., Wilken, M., Barroso, F., Saba, J., Rugiero, M., Bettini, M., Chaves, M., Vidal, G., Garcia, A. D., Van den Abeele, G., de Koning, K., De Mey, K., Mercelis, R., Mahieu, D., Wagemaekers, L., Van Damme, P., Depreitere, A., Schotte, C., Smetcoren, C., Stevens, O., Van Daele, S., Vandenbussche, N., Vanhee, A., Verjans, S., Vynckier, J., D'Hondt, A., Tilkin, P., Alves de Siqueira Carvalho, A., Dias Brockhausen, I., Feder, D., Ambrosio, D., Cesar, P., Melo, A. P., Martins Ribeiro, R., Rocha, R., Bezerra Rosa, B., Veiga, T., da Silva, L. A., Santos Engel, M., Goncalves Geraldo, J., Ananias Morita, M. D. P., Nogueira Coelho, E., Paiva, G., Pozo, M., Prando, N., Martineli Torres, D. D., Butinhao, C. F., Duran, G., Gomes da Silva, T. 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Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, Pediatrics, Exacerbation, Physiology, Heart Diseases/chemically induced, Myasthenia Gravis/drug therapy, 030105 genetics & heredity, THERAPY, DOUBLE-BLIND, 0302 clinical medicine, Quality of life, Monoclonal, Activities of Daily Living, Medicine and Health Sciences, Functional ability, Longitudinal Studies, Humanized, Angioedema/chemically induced, MG-ADL, QMG, Eculizumab, Middle Aged, myasthenia gravi, 3. Good health, Treatment Outcome, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/therapeutic use, Meningococcal Infections/epidemiology, Disease Progression, Female, eculizumab, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, COMPLEMENT INHIBITOR ECULIZUMAB, medicine.drug, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, MG-QOL15, Heart Diseases, Clinical Neurology, Meningococcal Vaccines, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, Placebo, Antibodies, ACETYLCHOLINE-RECEPTOR, Complement Inactivating Agents/therapeutic use, 03 medical and health sciences, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Refractory, Physiology (medical), Injection Site Reaction/epidemiology, Myasthenia Gravis, medicine, Aspergillosis, Aspergillosis/epidemiology, Humans, Muscle Strength, Angioedema, myasthenia gravis, Science & Technology, business.industry, MGC, Neurosciences, Meningococcal Vaccines/therapeutic use, medicine.disease, Interim analysis, Complement Inactivating Agents, Injection Site Reaction, Meningococcal Infections, Quality of Life, Myasthenia gravis, ANTIBODY, Neurosciences & Neurology, Neurology (clinical), business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Eculizumab is effective and well tolerated in patients with antiacetylcholine receptor antibody-positive refractory generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG; REGAIN; NCT01997229). We report an interim analysis of an open-label extension of REGAIN, evaluating eculizumab's long-term safety and efficacy. METHODS: Eculizumab (1,200 mg every 2 weeks for 22.7 months [median]) was administered to 117 patients. RESULTS: The safety profile of eculizumab was consistent with REGAIN; no cases of meningococcal infection were reported during the interim analysis period. Myasthenia gravis exacerbation rate was reduced by 75% from the year before REGAIN (P
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1. Current management of myasthenia gravis in Belgium: a single-center experience.

2. Myasthenia gravis appearing after thymectomy heralding recurrent thymoma.

3. Diagnostic utility of stimulated single-fiber electromyography of the orbicularis oculi muscle in patients with suspected ocular myasthenia.

4. Recurrent myasthenia gravis due to a pleural implant 3 years after radical thymectomy.

5. Abnormal single-fiber electromyography in patients not having myasthenia: risk for diagnostic confusion?

6. Differential diagnosis in a patient with secondary Sjögren's syndrome and neuromuscular complications.

7. ‘Minimal symptom expression’ in patients with acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive refractory generalized myasthenia gravis treated with eculizumab

8. Consistent improvement with eculizumab across muscle groups in myasthenia gravis

9. Eculizumab in refractory generalized myasthenia gravis previously treated with rituximab:subgroup analysis of REGAIN and its extension study

10. Eculizumab Improves Fatigue in Refractory Generalized Myasthenia Gravis

11. ‘Minimal symptom expression’ in patients with acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive refractory generalized myasthenia gravis treated with eculizumab

12. Correction to: Eculizumab improves fatigue in refractory generalized myasthenia gravis (Quality of Life Research, (2019), 28, 8, (2247-2254), 10.1007/s11136-019-02148-2)

13. Long-term safety and efficacy of eculizumab in generalized myasthenia gravis

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