Efficacy and safety of maintenance intravenous immunoglobulin in generalized myasthenia gravis patients with acetylcholine receptor antibodies: A multicenter, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial
Several efficacy parameters showed numerical results greater than those seen in the placebo group. This was a small study and may have been underpowered to see significant differences. Additional studies may be warranted to fully determine the efficacy of IVIG maintenance therapy in MG.
Authors
- Andrzej Szczudlik
- Michael Nicolle
- Tuan Vu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-0210)
- Tim Magnus
- Toomas Toomsoo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9561-5786)
- Miriam Freimer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8282-764X)
- Elsa Mondou
- Tomasz Berkowicz
- Michael H. Rivner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6135-035X)
- Rhonda Griffin
- László Vécsei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8037-3672)
- Csilla Rózsa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9415-6177)
- Ulrike Reuner
- Mamatha Pasnoor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7424-4719)
- Antanas Vaitkus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6017-7340)
- Robert M. Pascuzzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0616-3073)
- Vera Bril (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5805-4883)
- Josef Bednařík (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7420-2383)
- Tahseen Mozaffar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1230-0188)
- Marinos C. Dalakas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7070-1134)
- Nizar Souayah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3873-3448)
- Petr Hon
- Todd Levine
- Gyula Pánczél
- Montse Querolt Coll
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Western University (CA)
- Research Triangle Park Foundation (US)
- Thomas Jefferson University (US)
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Masaryk University (CZ)
- University of Szeged (HU)
- Augusta University (US)
- University of South Florida (US)
- London Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- Eppendorf (Germany) (DE)
- Toronto General Hospital (CA)
- Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics (LT)
- Augusta University Health (US)
- University Hospital Ostrava (CZ)
- Bioscience Research (US)
- East Tallinn Central Hospital (EE)
- University of California, Irvine Medical Center (US)
- University Hospital Brno (CZ)
- Grifols (Spain) (ES)
- University of Kansas Medical Center (US)
- HonorHealth (US)
- Urology of Indiana (US)
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie (DE)
- Krakowskie Centrum Rehabilitacji (PL)
- Jahn Ferenc Dél-Pesti Kórház és Rendelőintézet (HU)
- Grifols (United States) (US)
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Muscle & Nerve
- Published
- 2024-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.28289
- Citations
- 10
- Primary Topic
- Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.69
Funders
- Grifols