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

NCT04752566 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 57

Last updated 2025-09-08

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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.

Conditions

  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

Eculizumab

Eculizumab will be administered via IV infusion once a week for 4 weeks.

DRUG

Placebo

Placebo will be administered via IV infusion once a week for 4 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    lead INDUSTRY

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-03-08
Primary Completion
2022-08-03
Completion
2022-08-03

Countries

  • Japan

Study Locations

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