Overview

A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Eculizumab in Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Status:
Not yet recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-10-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
This is a Phase 3, prospective, multicenter, placebo controlled, double blind, randomized study to investigate the efficacy and safety of eculizumab in participants with severe GBS, defined using the Hughes Functional Grade (FG) scale as progressively deteriorating FG3 or FG4/FG5 within 2 weeks from onset of weakness due to GBS. This study will be conducted only at sites in Japan.
Phase:
Phase 3
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Alexion Pharmaceuticals
Treatments:
Eculizumab
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Participants who meet the GBS criteria.

- Participants who were able to run prior to onset of GBS symptoms.

- Participants with onset of weakness due to GBS < 2 weeks before screening.

- Participants unable to walk unaided for ≥ 5 meters (progressively deteriorating FG3 or
FG4 to FG5).

- Participants who are already on IVIg or deemed eligible for and who will start IVIg.

- Participants who can start their first dose of study drug before the end of the IVIg
treatment period.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Participants who have previously received or are currently receiving treatment with
complement modulators.

- Participants who have been administered another investigational product within 30 days
or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to providing consent or are currently
participating in another interventional study.

- Participants who have received rituximab within 12 weeks prior to screening.

- Participants who are being considered for or are already on plasmapheresis.

- Participants who have received immunosuppressive treatment during the 4 weeks prior to
providing consent.