Tissue Repository for Studies of Myasthenia Gravis

Completed

Conditions studied: Myasthenia Gravis

In brief

This is a study during which the investigators collect plasma and cells from patients with myasthenia gravis for the purpose of finding new antibodies.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02902536

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

6

Starts

2015-08-01

Expected to finish

2019-08-31

Last updated by the study team

2019-09-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 years of age or older.
• Clinical Diagnosis of MG with supporting evidence either from antibody testing, repetitive nerve stimulations study (RNS) or Single Fiber Electromyography (EMG) (SFEMG).

You may not qualify if…

• Significant medical condition that would make participation in diagnostic and research part of evaluation impossible or risky. Acute or unstable medical condition.
• Inability to provide informed consent, either directly or via appointed power of attorney.
• Unwillingness to consent for collection of biological samples or their cryopreservation.
• Unable to provide evidence of previous antibody testing or neurophysiology confirming the diagnosis of Myasthenia Gravis.
• Any bleeding disorder that would prevent or present any danger during blood extraction.

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Hospital — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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