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Open Access 23-03-2019 | Brief Communication

Eculizumab improves fatigue in refractory generalized myasthenia gravis

Auteurs: Henning Andersen, Renato Mantegazza, Jing Jing Wang, Fanny O’Brien, Kaushik Patra, James F. Howard Jr., The REGAIN Study Group

Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 8/2019

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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.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Eculizumab improves fatigue in refractory generalized myasthenia gravis
Auteurs
Henning Andersen
Renato Mantegazza
Jing Jing Wang
Fanny O’Brien
Kaushik Patra
James F. Howard Jr.
The REGAIN Study Group
Publicatiedatum
23-03-2019
Uitgeverij
Springer International Publishing
Gepubliceerd in
Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 8/2019
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-019-02148-2

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