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Not yet recruitingNCT07818291Updated Sep 14, 2026

An Open-label, Dose-escalation Phase Ib Study of EA5 Injection in Adults With Anti-AChR Antibody-Positive Generalized Myasthenia Gravis

A Phase 1 interventional study of EA5 and EA5 in Generalized Myasthenia Gravis (gMG), sponsored by Shanghai Lanyi Therapeutics Co., Ltd.. Not yet recruiting at 2 sites in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-14.

Sponsored by Shanghai Lanyi Therapeutics Co., Ltd. · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
18
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 88 studies in Myasthenia Gravis with a site in China — 48 open to participants now, 60 under way, 17 of them phase 3. Myasthenia Gravis · China.

Planned enrollment
46th of 67
18 · median 40
Started
2026
with 17 others
Phase 1
25 of 88
20 open now
Primary completion
2027-12
later than 42 of 59 live
Registered
87th of 88
by date

Among the 88 studies in Myasthenia Gravis with a site in China, this one is the 46th largest by planned enrollment of the 67 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 18 that started in 2026, is one of 25 in phase 1, reaches primary completion later than 42 of the 59 other live ones, and was the 87th registered.

Myasthenia Gravis

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Study summary

This is a Phase Ib, open-label, dose-escalation, single-center/multicenter study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), and preliminary efficacy of multiple doses of EA5 (a humanized anti-complement C5 monoclonal antibody) in adult participants with anti-AChR antibody-positive generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) who have not previously received complement inhibitor therapy. Approximately 18 participants will be enrolled. The study consists of a screening period (Day -42 to Day -1), a loading period (Day 1 to Day 14), a treatment observation period (Day 15/Week 3 to Day 99/Week 15), and an end-of-study visit (up to Day 155/Week 23). All participants receive a loading does , then are assigned to one of three maintenance dose cohorts: Cohort 1 (Low Dose), Cohort 2 (MID Dose), and Cohort 3 (High Dose). The primary objective is to assess safety and tolerability. Secondary objectives include preliminary efficacy, PK, PD (complement inhibition), and immunogenicity.

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Conditions studied

  • Generalized Myasthenia Gravis (gMG)

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Keywords

  • EA5
  • Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
  • Complement C5 Inhibitor
  • Phase Ib
  • Anti-AChR
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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Male or female aged ≥18 years.
  2. Diagnosis of myasthenia gravis (MG) confirmed by:

    1. positive serology for anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody at screening; and
    2. any one of the following: abnormal neuromuscular transmission confirmed by repetitive nerve stimulation; history of positive anticholinesterase test (e.g., neostigmine test); or improvement in MG signs after oral cholinesterase inhibitors as assessed by the treating physician.
  3. Body weight between 40 kg and 100 kg (inclusive) at screening.
  4. MGFA clinical classification Class II to IVa at screening.
  5. MG-ADL total score ≥5 at screening, with more than 50% of the total score from non-ocular symptoms.
  6. For participants receiving therapy (IST) (e.g., azathioprine [AZA], mycophenolate mofetil [MMF], methotrexate [MTX], cyclophosphamide [CY]): treatment for ≥6 months prior to screening and stable dose for ≥2 months (calculated as 30 days per month).
  7. For participants receiving other IST (e.g., cyclosporine [CsA], tacrolimus [TAC]): treatment for ≥3 months prior to screening and stable dose for ≥1 month.
  8. For participants receiving therapy at enrollment: stable dose (not exceeding 30 mg/day prednisone acetate or equivalent) for ≥28 days prior to screening.
  9. For participants receiving cholinesterase inhibitor therapy: stable dose for ≥14 days prior to screening.
  10. At screening, laboratory tests must meet: (a) (ALT) and Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \<1.5×; (b) serum total \<1.5×ULN (\<3×ULN for confirmed Gilbert's syndrome); (c) ≥100 g/dL; (d) count >75×10⁹/L; (e) (INR) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) \<1.5×ULN; (f) serum creatinine \<1.5×ULN and >90 mL/min/1.73m²; (g) basically normal immune function as assessed by the investigator (lymphocyte count ≥1×LLN, IgG ≥1×LLN).
  11. To reduce the risk of meningococcal infection (Neisseria meningitidis): participants must be vaccinated at least 14 days prior to the first dose of study drug if not vaccinated within the valid coverage period; if vaccinated within 14 days before dosing, antibiotic prophylaxis must be provided until 2 weeks post-vaccination (penicillin V potassium recommended; cefaclor or other antibiotics may be used if penicillin is unavailable or the participant is allergic; fluoroquinolones and macrolides are not recommended).
  12. To reduce the risk of pneumococcal infection: vaccination against Streptococcus pneumoniae is required; if previously vaccinated, vaccination may be waived during screening; if not previously vaccinated, vaccination must be given at least 14 days prior to the first dose (antibiotic prophylaxis as described in item 11).
  13. For females of : serum β-HCG pregnancy test must be negative at screening; effective and reliable must be used during the study and for at least 6 months after discontinuation of study intervention (women of childbearing potential are defined as premenopausal women who have not undergone sterilization; menopause is defined as amenorrhea for ≥12 months without alternative medical measures; FSH >40 mIU/mL confirms menopause).
  14. Male participants must agree to use effective contraceptive measures (vasectomy, abstinence, condom use) throughout the study period (from screening to 6 months after study completion); female participants of childbearing potential must have negative blood pregnancy tests at screening and baseline, and female participants, male participants, and their sexual partners must agree to use contraceptive measures during the study and for 6 months after completion (both pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods are acceptable).
  15. Capable of understanding the study procedures and methods, willing to sign the Form (ICF), and able to strictly adhere to the clinical study protocol to complete the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Presence of untreated thymic epithelial tumors (including all types of thymoma or thymic carcinoma), extrathymic germ cell tumor, or other malignant mediastinal masses at the screening visit; or, as judged by the investigator, presence of thymic cysts or other space-occupying lesions requiring immediate intervention.
  2. History of thymectomy or any other thymic surgery within 12 months prior to screening, or planned thymectomy during the trial period.
  3. Prior history of thymic tumor is permitted for enrollment only if the subject meets all criteria in either of the following risk groups:

Low recurrence risk group: Subjects with histopathologically confirmed thymoma of Masaoka-Koga stages I-II (WHO types A, AB, B1, or B2) who meet all of the following criteria are eligible for enrollment in this study:

  1. Curative treatment (e.g., R0 surgical resection) completed ≥ 12 months prior to the screening visit;
  2. No clinical evidence of recurrence within 12 months prior to screening;
  3. No radiological evidence of recurrence confirmed by contrast-enhanced chest CT or MRI within 6 months prior to randomization.

High recurrence risk group: Subjects with histopathologically confirmed thymic carcinoma (WHO type C) or Masaoka-Koga stages III-IV thymoma (including WHO type B3) who meet all of the following criteria are eligible for enrollment:

  1. Curative treatment (surgery with or without radiotherapy/chemotherapy and other combined-modality therapy) completed > 5 years prior to the screening visit;
  2. No clinical evidence of recurrence within 5 years;
  3. No evidence of recurrence or distant confirmed by contrast-enhanced chest CT or MRI within 6 months prior to randomization.

    [Note: If a participant cannot provide complete original histopathology reports or Masaoka-Koga staging records, they must be evaluated according to the high recurrence risk group criteria (i.e., treatment completed > 5 years with no evidence of recurrence).]

  4. Weakness involving only ocular or periorbital muscles (MGFA Class I).
  5. Occurrence of MG crisis (MGFA Class V) within 6 months prior to screening.
  6. Known positive serology for muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase (MuSK) or lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 (LRP4), or negative results for both anti-AChR and anti-MuSK antibodies.
  7. Pregnant, lactating, or planning to become pregnant during the study period.
  8. Any systemic bacterial infection or other infection deemed by the investigator, or requiring intravenous antibiotic therapy within 28 days prior to the first dose.
  9. Positive for virus (HCV) antibody at screening (except for those with negative HCV RNA); positive for (HIV) antibody; positive for anti-Treponema pallidum antibody (TP-Ab) (except for those with negative RPR or TRUST); or positive for virus (HBV) surface antigen (HBsAg) and/or HBV core antibody (HBcAb) with HBV-DNA above the upper limit of detection.
  10. History of Neisseria meningitidis infection or unresolved meningococcal disease within 6 months prior to screening up to first dose.
  11. Body temperature ≥38°C within 7 days prior to first treatment.
  12. Use of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) within 4 weeks prior to first treatment.
  13. Use of plasma exchange or immunoadsorption within 4 weeks prior to first treatment.
  14. Prior use of complement inhibitors (e.g., eculizumab, ravulizumab, crovalimab, or other complement inhibitors).
  15. Use of telitacicept or other B-cell stimulating factor inhibitors within 3 months or 5 half-lives prior to screening (whichever is longer); use of rituximab, ocrelizumab, or other B-cell depletion therapies within 6 months prior to screening.
  16. Use of human neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) inhibitors within a period less than 5 half-lives prior to the first dose of study drug.
  17. History of suicide attempt within the past 12 months, or suicidal ideation or behavior at screening, as assessed by the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS).
  18. Participation in any other drug study or exposure to other investigational drugs, devices, or procedures within 30 days prior to screening (investational drugs for complement inhibitors, B-cell depletion therapies, and FcRn inhibitors are governed by exclusion criteria 12, 13, and 14, respectively).
  19. Suspected allergy to any of the product.
  20. Any medical condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may interfere with the participant's participation in the study, pose any additional risk to the participant, or interfere with the assessment of the participant.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(19)

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Immunosuppression

A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.

Read whether the line is about a condition or about medicines, and which medicines and doses it means.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

INR, PT and aPTT (clotting tests)

Blood tests of how long blood takes to clot. The INR is the prothrombin time (PT) put on a common scale; about 1 is usual for someone not taking a blood thinner.

Criteria often make an exception for people on a blood thinner such as warfarin, whose INR is raised on purpose.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

Excipients

The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
18 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Administration of low-dose EA5

    First, administer the loading dose regimen intravenously, then maintain administration subcutaneously every 2 weeks(Q2W).

    Drug: EA5

  • Experimental
    Administration of mid-dose EA5

    First, administer the loading dose regimen intravenously, then maintain administration subcutaneously every 2 weeks(Q2W).

    Drug: EA5

  • Experimental
    Administration of high-dose EA5

    First, administer the loading dose regimen intravenously, then maintain administration subcutaneously every 4 weeks(Q4W).

    Drug: EA5

Interventions

  • DrugEA5

    First, administer the loading dose regimen intravenously, then maintain administration subcutaneously every 2 weeks(Q2W).

  • DrugEA5

    First, administer the loading dose regimen intravenously, then maintain administration subcutaneously every 2 weeks(Q2W).

  • DrugEA5

    First, administer the loading dose regimen intravenously, then maintain administration subcutaneously every 4 weeks(Q4W).

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence and Severity of Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 14

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change and percentage change from baseline in MG-ADL total score.

    The proportion of participants who achieve the Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Living Profile (MG-ADL) response , along with the 2-sided 95% CI

    Time frame: Weeks 2, 4, 8, and 12

  2. Change and percentage change from baseline in QMG total score.

    The mean change of quantitative myasthenia gravis (QMG) total score,along with 2-sided 95% CI

    Time frame: Weeks 2, 4, 8, and 12

  3. Change and percentage change from baseline in MGC total score.

    The mean change of myasthenia gravis composite (MGC) total score, along with 2-sided 95% CI

    Time frame: Weeks 2, 4, 8, and 12

  4. Change and percentage change from baseline in MG-QoL15r scale.

    The mean change of revised Myasthenia Gravis Quality of Life 15-Item Scale (MG-QoL 15r scale), along with 2-sided 95% CI

    Time frame: Weeks 2, 4, 8, and 12]

  5. Proportion of participants achieving MG-ADL response without rescue therapy.

    MG-ADL response defined as a decrease of ≥3 points after treatment.

    Time frame: Weeks 2, 4, 8, and 12

  6. Proportion of participants achieving an improvement of 4, 5, 6, 7, and ≥8 points from baseline in QMG total score without rescue therapy.

    Time frame: Weeks 2, 4, 8, and 12

  7. Maximum Observed Serum Concentration (Cmax) of EA5

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 23

  8. Area Under The Serum Concentration Versus Time Curve From Time Zero To The Time of The Last Quantifiable Concentration (AUC0-t) of EA5

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 23

  9. Area Under the Concentration-Time Curve from Time Zero to Infinity (AUC0-∞) of EA5

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 23

  10. Minimum Steady-State Concentration (Cmin,ss) of EA5

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 23

  11. Maximum Steady-State Concentration (Cmax,ss) of EA5

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 23

  12. Average Steady-State Concentration (Cav.ss) of EA5

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 23

  13. Steady-State Trough Concentration (Ctrough,ss) of EA5

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 23

  14. Time to Maximum Steady-State Concentration (Tmax,ss) of EA5

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 23

  15. Area Under the Concentration-Time Curve over One Dosing Interval at Steady State (AUC0-τ) of EA5

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 23

  16. Degree of Fluctuation of EA5

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 23

  17. Serum total complement hemolytic activity (CH50

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 23

  18. Serum total C5 concentration

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 23

  19. Serum free C5 concentration

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 23

  20. Concentrations of plasma soluble C5b-9 (sC5b-9)

    Concentration of plasma soluble Complement 5b-9 (sC5b-9)

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 23

  21. Anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody (AChR-Ab) titer

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 23

  22. Incidence of anti-drug antibodies (ADA) against the humanized monoclonal antibody EA5

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 23

  23. Incidence of Incidence of neutralizing antibodies (NAb) against the humanized monoclonal antibody EA5

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 23

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Study locations

2 sites
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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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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Start is estimated for Sep 2026; primary completion for Dec 2027, 15 months later.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Sep 1, 2026
First posted
Sep 14, 2026
StartEst.
Sep 15, 2026
Primary completionEst.
Dec 31, 2027
CompletionEst.
Dec 31, 2027
Last update
Sep 14, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 14, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07818291
Lead sponsor
Shanghai Lanyi Therapeutics Co., Ltd.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 14, 2026
Start date
Sep 15, 2026 (estimated)
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 14, 2026

Study contacts

Jianying Xi, Doctor
Contact
xijianying@fudan.edu.cn
021-52889999

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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