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NCT03792659
The EXPLORE MG Registry for Myasthenia Gravis
trial testing Blood Sample Draw in Myasthenia Gravis in 800 participants. Currently enrolling.
30 September 2026
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Yale University |
|---|---|
| Status | Recruiting now |
| Study type | OBSERVATIONAL |
| Enrollment | 800 |
| Start date | 30 March 2016 |
| Primary completion | 30 September 2026 |
| Estimated completion | 30 October 2026 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Blood Sample Draw
Conditions studied
- Myasthenia Gravis — all drugs for Myasthenia Gravis →
Sponsor
Yale University
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Myasthenia Gravis. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The purpose of this study is to create a Yale University Department of Neurology Myasthenia Gravis (MG) registry that will be used for current and future research projects involving the study of Myasthenia Gravis.
Publications & conference data
8 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Heterogeneity of Acetylcholine Receptor Autoantibody-Mediated Complement Activity in Patients With Myasthenia Gravis.
Obaid AH, Zografou C, Vadysirisack DD, Munro-Sheldon B, et al · · 2022 · cited 44× · PMID 35473886 · DOI 10.1212/nxi.0000000000001169 -
MOGAD patient autoantibodies induce complement, phagocytosis, and cellular cytotoxicity.
Yandamuri SS, Filipek B, Obaid AH, Lele N, et al · · 2023 · cited 34× · PMID 37097758 · DOI 10.1172/jci.insight.165373 -
Reemergence of pathogenic, autoantibody-producing B cell clones in myasthenia gravis following B cell depletion therapy.
Fichtner ML, Hoehn KB, Ford EE, Mane-Damas M, et al · · 2022 · cited 29× · PMID 36307868 · DOI 10.1186/s40478-022-01454-0 -
Exploring outcomes and characteristics of myasthenia gravis: Rationale, aims and design of registry - The EXPLORE-MG registry.
Anil R, Kumar A, Alaparthi S, Sharma A, et al · · 2020 · cited 24× · PMID 32388060 · DOI 10.1016/j.jns.2020.116830 -
The clinical need for clustered AChR cell-based assay testing of seronegative MG.
Masi G, Li Y, Karatz T, Pham MC, et al · · 2022 · cited 20× · PMID 35366559 · DOI 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2022.577850 -
Elevated N-Linked Glycosylation of IgG V Regions in Myasthenia Gravis Disease Subtypes.
Mandel-Brehm C, Fichtner ML, Jiang R, Winton VJ, et al · · 2021 · cited 19× · PMID 34544801 · DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.2100225 -
Myasthenia gravis complement activity is independent of autoantibody titer and disease severity.
Fichtner ML, Hoarty MD, Vadysirisack DD, Munro-Sheldon B, et al · · 2022 · cited 9× · PMID 35290370 · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0264489 -
A Noncanonical CD56dimCD16dim/- NK Cell Subset Indicative of Prior Cytotoxic Activity Is Elevated in Patients with Autoantibody-Mediated Neurologic Diseases.
Yandamuri SS, Filipek B, Lele N, Cohen I, et al · · 2024 · cited 6× · PMID 38251887 · DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.2300015
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03792659 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Yale University
- Last refreshed: 28 November 2025
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