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Enrolling by invitationNCT05979441ALKIVIA+Updated Sep 21, 2026

A Study to Assess the Long-term Safety and Efficacy of a Subcutaneous Formulation of Efgartigimod in Adults With Active Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy

A Phase 3 interventional study of Efgartigimod PH20 SC in Myositis, Active Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy and Dermatomyositis, sponsored by argenx. Enrolling by invitation at 92 sites in 29 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-21.

Sponsored by argenx · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
240
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The main purpose of this study is to measure the long-term safety and tolerability of efgartigimod PH20 SC in adult participants with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy (IIM) who previously participated in ARGX-113-2007.

The study consists of a treatment period where participants will receive efgartigimod PH20 SC for up to 51 months. The treatment period will be followed by a treatment-free safety follow-up period of 56 days.

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Conditions studied

  • Myositis
  • Active Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy
  • Dermatomyositis
  • Polymyositis
  • Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy
  • Antisynthetase Syndrome
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Has completed trial ARGX-113-2007
  • Being capable of providing signed informed consent and complying with protocol requirements
  • Agrees to use contraceptive measures consistent with local regulations and women of childbearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test at baseline before receiving the study drug

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Intention to have major surgery during the study period or any other medical condition that has arisen since enrollment in study ARGX-113-2007, that in the investigator's opinion, would confound the results of the study or put the participant at undue risk
  • Known hypersensitivity reaction to the study drug or 1 of its excipients
  • Development of any malignancy, either new or recurrent, other than basal cell carcinoma of the skin, regardless of relatedness
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
240 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Efgartigimod PH20 SC

    Participants receiving efgartigimod PH20 subcutaneously

    Biological: Efgartigimod PH20 SC

Interventions

  • BiologicalEfgartigimod PH20 SC

    Subcutaneous injection of Efgartigimod PH20 given by vials or prefilled syringe (PFS)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of AEs, SAEs and AESIs over time

    AE : adverse event ; SAE : serious adverse event ; AESI : adverse event of special interest.

    Time frame: Up to 53 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. C-GTI comprising the AIS over time

    The Composite Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index (C-GTI) serves as a primary instrument to capture toxicities likely caused by glucocorticoid exposure and enables monitoring of long-term tolerability of glucocorticoids during prolonged use. The Aggregate Improvement Score (AIS) is an analytical scores generated from the weighted C-GTI. The AIS can be used to assess whether a new therapy is effective in reducing glucocorticoid toxicity over time; higher AIS scores are associated with less toxicity.

    Time frame: Up to 51 months

  2. C-GTI comprising the CWS over time

    The Composite Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index (C-GTI) serves as a primary instrument to capture toxicities likely caused by glucocorticoid exposure and enables monitoring of long-term tolerability of glucocorticoids during prolonged use. The Cumulative Worsening Score (CWS) is an analytical score generated from the weighted C-GTI. The CWS is designed to assess cumulative glucocorticoid toxicity; higher scores indicate increased steroid toxicity.

    Time frame: Up to 51 months

  3. C-GTI comprising the GTI-MD over time

    The Composite Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index (C-GTI) serves as a primary instrument to capture toxicities likely caused by glucocorticoid exposure and enables monitoring of long-term tolerability of glucocorticoids during prolonged use. The Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index-Metabolic Domains (GTI-MD) is an abbreviated GTI version limited to the 4 metabolic domains. A GTI-MD score of 0 indicates a low likelihood of toxicity in the assessed metabolic domains.

    Time frame: Up to 51 months

  4. Prednisone dose reduction (average monthly dose) over time

    Time frame: Up to 51 months

  5. TIS over time

    The total improvement score (TIS) assesses minimal, moderate, and major clinical response, and it is assessed using the ACR/EULAR criteria. The total score varies between 0 and 100, with higher scores indicating greater improvement.

    Time frame: Up to 51 months

  6. Proportion of TIS responders (minimal, moderate, major) over time

    The total improvement score (TIS) assesses minimal, moderate, and major clinical response, and it is assessed using the ACR/EULAR criteria. The total score varies between 0 and 100, with higher scores indicating greater improvement

    Time frame: Up to 51 months

  7. Individual CSMs of the TIS over time

    The total improvement score (TIS) assesses minimal, moderate, and major clinical response, and it is assessed using the ACR/EULAR criteria. The ACR/EULAR criteria calculate TIS using the 6 core set measure (CSMs): MDGA, PGA, MMT8, HAQ-DI, muscle enzymes, and extramuscular global assessment (assessed by the MDAAT).

    Time frame: Up to 51 months

  8. Percentage of participants with clinically inactive disease

    Clinically inactive disease is defined as no evidence of disease activity, based on an Physician Global Assessment of Disease Activity (MDGA) and Extramuscular Global Assessment of the Myositis Disease Activity Assessment Tool (MDAAT) of 0 and normal creatine kinase (CK) values for at least 12 weeks (at week 28 and every 24 weeks thereafter).

    Time frame: Up to 51 months

  9. Percentage of participants with remission during the study

    Remission is defined as a clinically inactive disease for at least 24 weeks

    Time frame: Up to 51 months

  10. PGI-S over time

    The Patient Global Impression of Severity (PGI-S) asks participants to rate the severity of their disease symptoms over the past 7 days on a 4-point Likert scale, where scores range from "no symptoms" to "severe."

    Time frame: Up to 51 months

  11. CGI-S over time

    The Clinical Global Impression of Severity (CGI-S) asks the physician to rate the severity of the participant's disease on a 4-point Likert scale, where scores range from "no activity" to "severe".

    Time frame: Up to 51 months

  12. Physical Functioning subscale and Physical Component Summary scores of the SF-36v2 over time

    The 36-Item Short Form Survey version 2 (SF-36v2) is a 36-item scale constructed to survey health-related quality of life in 8 domains.

    Time frame: Up to 51 months

  13. EQ-5D-5L utilities over time

    The EQ-5D-5L questionnaire is a standardized test recognized by many health authorities as a generic measure of health status for clinical and economic appraisal. The descriptive system comprises 5 dimensions, each having 5 levels ranging from "No problem" to "Extreme problem".

    Time frame: Up to 51 months

  14. EQ-5D-5L VAS over time

    The EQ-5D-5L questionnaire is a standardized test recognized by many health authorities as a generic measure of health status for clinical and economic appraisal. A visual analog scale (VAS) is included in the EQ-5D-5L, where participants will mark their health status from 0 (the worst health you can imagine) to 100 (the best health you can imagine).

    Time frame: Up to 51 months

  15. Percent change from baseline in total IgG levels in serum over time

    Time frame: Up to 53 months

  16. Incidence of ADA against efgartigimod (serum levels) over time

    ADA : anti-drug antibodies.

    Time frame: Up to 53 months

  17. Proportion of participants achieving sustained low disease activity while on IMP, over time

    Sustained low disease activity is defined as a CGI-S score of "mild" or "no activity" and a PGI-S score of "mild" or "no symptoms" for at least 12 weeks.

    Time frame: Up to 51 months

  18. Proportion of participants with low disease activity over time, while on IMP

    Low disease activity is defined as a CGI-S score of "mild" or "no activity" and a PGI-S score of "mild" or "no symptoms"

    Time frame: Up to 51 months

  19. Proportion of participants with low disease activity who continue dosing every 2 weeks at week 52 and every 24 weeks thereafter

    Low disease activity is defined as a CGI-S score of "mild" or "no activity" and a PGI-S score of "mild" or "no symptoms"

    Time frame: Up to 51 months

  20. Proportion of participants who have marked worsening during the period of dosing every 2 weeks

    Marked worsening is defined as a CGI-S score of "moderate" or "severe" and a PGI-S score of "moderate" or "severe"

    Time frame: Up to 51 months

  21. Duration of dosing every 2 weeks

    Time frame: Up to 51 months

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Study locations

92 sites
  • Neuromuscular Clinical and Research Center - Neurology
    Phoenix, Arizona 85028, United States
  • Attune Health Research, Inc
    Beverly Hills, California 90039, United States
  • UCI Health - ALS and Neuromuscular Center - Neurology
    Orange, California 92868, United States
  • UCSF Health - ALS and Neurodegenerative Disease Center - Dermatology
    San Francisco, California 94143, United States
  • Yale Cancer Center-Yale University School Of Medicine
    New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
  • UF Health - Rheumatology Medical Specialties Medical Plaza
    Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
  • Mayo Clinic - Florida - Neurology
    Jacksonville, Florida 32224, United States
  • University of South Florida (USF) - Morsani Center (USF Health Carol and Frank Morsani Center for Advanced Healthcare)
    Tampa, Florida 33616, United States
  • Emory Healthcare - Emory Clinic - Rheumatology
    Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
  • Northwestern Medicine - Northwestern Memorial Hospital
    Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
  • John Hopkins Medicine - Johns Hopkins Myositis Center
    Baltimore, Maryland 21224-2734, United States
  • Northwell Health Physician Partners Rheumatology
    Great Neck, New York 11021, United States
  • University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, United States
  • The Ohio State University
    Columbus, Ohio 43201, United States
  • Oregon Health and Science University
    Portland, Oregon 97239, United States
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States
  • Austin Neuromuscular Center (National Neuromuscular Research Institute, PLLC)
    Austin, Texas 78759, United States
  • Nerve And Muscle Center Of Texas
    Houston, Texas 77030, United States
  • Framingham Centro Medico
    La Plata, B1902COS, Argentina
  • Centro Dermatologico Schejtman
    San Miguel, B1663GKT, Argentina
  • Centro Medico Privado de Reumatologia
    San Miguel de Tucumán, 4000, Argentina
  • Tirol Kliniken - A.o. Landeskrankenhaus Innsbruck - Neurology
    Innsbruck, 6020, Austria
  • AZ Sint-Lucas - Campus Sint-Lucas - Neurology
    Ghent, 9000, Belgium
  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven Gasthuisberg Campus
    Leuven, 3000, Belgium
  • Medical Centre Artmed
    Plovdiv, 4002, Bulgaria
  • Multiprofile hospital for active treatment Kaspela EOOD
    Plovdiv, 4002, Bulgaria
  • Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University
    Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
  • Nanjing University Medical School - Taikang Xianlin Drum Tower Hospital (Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital)
    Nanjing, Jingsu 210000, China
  • Peking University Third Hospital
    Beijing, 100191, China
  • Peking Union Medical College Hospital
    Beijing, 100730, China
  • Sichuan Provincial Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital
    Chengdu, 610072, China
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine - Renji Hospital - Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease (SIDD)
    Shanghai, 200001, China
  • Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University
    Shanghai, 200040, China
  • China Medical University (CMU) - First Affiliated Hospital
    Shenyang, 110001, China
  • First Affiliated Hospital (Henan Medical University - First Affiliated Hospital)-Zhengzhou University
    Zhengzhou, 450052, China
  • Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics
    Nicosia, 2371, Cyprus
  • Revmatologicky Ustav
    Prague, 12850, Czechia
  • Copenhagen University Hospital-Rigshospitalet University Hospital
    Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
  • Reference Center Neuro-Muscular Diseases - CHU Paris Group Hospitalier La Pitie Salpetriere-Charles Foix
    Paris, 75013, France
  • Aversi Clinic
    Tbilisi, 0160, Georgia
  • LLC MediClub Georgia
    Tbilisi, 0160, Georgia
  • New Hospitals
    Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia
  • The First Medical Center
    Tbilisi, 0180, Georgia
  • Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin - Campus Charite Mitte (CCM) - Rheumatology
    Berlin, 10117, Germany
  • Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
    Hamburg, 20246, Germany
  • Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet
    Herne, 44649, Germany
  • Universitatsmedizin Mannheim GmbH
    Mannheim, 68167, Germany
  • Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen (UKT)
    Tübingen, 72076, Germany
  • Klinikum der Universitaet Ulm
    Ulm, 89081, Germany
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - School of Health Sciences - Faculty of Medicine
    Athens, 115 27, Greece
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - Eginition Hospital
    Athens, 115 28, Greece
  • ATTIKON University General Hospital - Neurology
    Athens, 12462, Greece
  • University College Dublin (UCD) - St. Vincent's University Hospital (SVUH)
    Dublin, D04 T6F4, Ireland
  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico
    Bari, 70124, Italy
  • Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) - Ospedale San Raffaele Hospital
    Milan, 20132, Italy
  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana - Ospedale Santa Chiara - Rheumatology
    Pisa, 56126, Italy
  • Ospedale Sant'Andrea Hospital
    Roma, 00189, Italy
  • Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - Neurology
    Roma, 168, Italy
  • IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas
    Rozzano, 20089, Italy
  • Azienda sanitaria universitaria Friuli Centrale - ASUFC
    Udine, 33100, Italy
  • Juntendo University Hospital
    Bunkyō City, 113-8431, Japan
  • The University of Tokyo Hospital
    Bunkyō City, 113-8655, Japan
  • Japan Community Healthcare Organization Chukyo Hospital
    Nagoya, 457-8510, Japan
  • Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital
    Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan
  • Wakayama Medical University Hospital
    Wakayama, 641-8510, Japan
  • Yamaguchi University Hospital
    Yamaguchi, 755-8505, Japan
  • Santaros University Clinic
    Vilnius, 08410, Lithuania
  • Hospital Angeles Clinica Londres
    Mexico City, 06700, Mexico
  • Amsterdam UMC Research BV
    Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, Netherlands
  • Clinica San Juan de Dios - sede Arequipa - Rheumatology
    Arequipa, 4000, Peru
  • Instituto Peruano Del Hueso Y La Articulacion Sac-Privado-Lima,Centro De Investigacion Iphar
    Lima, 27, Peru
  • Investigaciones Clinicas S.A.C.
    Lima, 33, Peru
  • USK-WAM Centralny Szpital Weteranow - Szpital Kniniczny ul. Zeromskiego 113 - Rheumatology
    Lodz, 90-549, Poland
  • Centrum Wsparcia Badan Klinicznych Pomorskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Szczecinie (CWBK PUM) - Rheumatology
    Szczecin, 71-252, Poland
  • Centro Hospitalar do Porto - Hospital Santo Antonio
    Porto, 4099-001, Portugal
  • Clinical Center of Serbia
    Belgrade, 11000, Serbia
  • Institute of Rheumatology
    Belgrade, 11000, Serbia
  • Seoul National University Hospital
    Seoul, 03080, South Korea
  • Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
    Barcelona, 08041, Spain
  • Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
    Madrid, 28041, Spain
  • Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe de Valencia - Neurology
    Valencia, 46026, Spain
  • Karolinska Universitestssjukhus Solna
    Solna, 17176, Sweden
  • Chung Shan Medical University Hospital
    Taichung, 402, Taiwan
  • Taichung Veterans General Hospital
    Taichung, Taiwan
  • King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital - Neurology
    Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
  • Phramongkutklao Hospital
    Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
  • Ramathibodi hospital
    Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
  • Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University of Internal medicine
    Bangkok, 10700, Thailand
  • Faculty Of Medicine, Khon Kaen University
    Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
  • Aintree University Hospital - Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    Liverpool, L9 7AL, United Kingdom
  • The Royal Free Hospital
    London, NW3 2QG, United Kingdom
  • Northern Care Allicance NHS Foundation Trust - Salford Royal - Rheumatology
    Salford, M6 8HD, United Kingdom
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05979441
Lead sponsor
argenx
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 7, 2023
Start date
Sep 12, 2023
Primary completion
Sep 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 21, 2026

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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