A Phase 2 Study to Evaluate Povetacicept in Adults With Generalized Myasthenia Gravis (ETNA)

September 3, 2026 updated by: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

A Phase 2, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study With a Long-term Extension of Povetacicept in Adults With Generalized Myasthenia Gravis

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the pharmacodynamic (PD) effect, safety, and tolerability of Povetacicept in participants with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG).

Study Overview

Status

Status

Indicates the current recruitment status or the expanded access status.
Recruiting

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

Enrollment

The number of participants in a clinical study. The "anticipated" enrollment is the target number of participants that the researchers need for the study.
30

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact

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Study Locations

  • Australia
      • Box Hill, Australia
        • Recruiting
        • Eastern Health - Box Hill Hospital
  • Poland
      • Bydgoszcz, Poland
        • Recruiting
        • MICS Centrum Medyczne Bydgoszcz
      • Katowice, Poland
        • Recruiting
        • Neurologia Slaska Centrum Medyczne
      • Poznan, Poland
        • Recruiting
        • Clinical Research Center Sp. z o.o., Medic-R Sp. K.
      • Poznan, Poland
        • Recruiting
        • NZOZ NEURO-KARD Ilkowski i Partnerzy Sp. Partnerska Lekarzy
      • Poznan, Poland
        • Recruiting
        • Twoja Przychodnia Poznanskie Centrum Medyczne Sp. z o. o.
      • Warsaw, Poland
        • Recruiting
        • Centrum Medyczne NeuroProtect
      • Warsaw, Poland
        • Recruiting
        • ETG Neuroscience
  • Turkey (Türkiye)
      • Fatih, Turkey (Türkiye)
        • Recruiting
        • Istanbul University Medical Faculty
  • United Kingdom
      • Birmingham, United Kingdom
        • Recruiting
        • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust - Queen Elizabeth Hospital
      • London, United Kingdom
        • Recruiting
        • St. George's University Hospital
      • Salford, United Kingdom
        • Recruiting
        • Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust - Salford Royal Hospital
  • United States
    • California
      • Mission Hills, California, United States, 91345
        • Recruiting
        • Tri Valley Neurology Medical Associates Inc.
    • Florida
      • Boca Raton, Florida, United States, 33428
        • Recruiting
        • Neurology Offices
      • Boca Raton, Florida, United States, 33487
        • Recruiting
        • SFM Clinical Reseach, LLC
      • Homestead, Florida, United States, 33033
        • Recruiting
        • Homestead Associates in Research
      • Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32209
        • Recruiting
        • UF Health Jacksonville Respiratory Therapy (PFT and DLCO)
      • Miami, Florida, United States, 33173
        • Recruiting
        • Quantix Research
      • Miami, Florida, United States, 33144
        • Recruiting
        • Y & L Advance Health Care, Inc D/B/A Elite Clinical Research - Neurology
    • Hawaii
      • Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 96817
        • Recruiting
        • Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience
    • Illinois
      • O'Fallon, Illinois, United States, 62269
        • Recruiting
        • HSHS Medical Group - St. Elizabeth's Hospital
    • Nevada
      • Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, 89106
        • Recruiting
        • Las Vegas Neurology Center
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29406
        • Recruiting
        • Clinical Trials of South Carolina - Neurology
    • Tennessee
      • Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, 37403
        • Recruiting
        • Ut Erlanger Neurology
    • Texas
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
        • Recruiting
        • Nerve and Muscle Center of Texas - Neurology
      • Sherman, Texas, United States, 75093
        • Recruiting
        • Texas Institute for Neurological Disorders
      • Waxahachie, Texas, United States, 75165
        • Recruiting
        • Neurology Care Clinic

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

The key requirements that people who want to participate in a clinical study must meet or the characteristics they must have. Eligibility criteria consist of both inclusion criteria (which are required for a person to participate in the study) and exclusion criteria (which prevent a person from participating). Types of eligibility criteria include whether a study accepts healthy volunteers, has age or age group requirements, or is limited by sex.

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age greater than or equal to (>=) 18 years
  • Diagnosis of generalized myasthenia gravis with generalized muscle weakness and fitting MGFA clinical classification II-IV
  • Additional inclusion criteria are defined in the protocol

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • History of thymic surgery within 6 months of screening
  • History of malignancy within the last 5 years
  • Additional exclusion criteria are defined in the protocol

Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria will apply.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Quadruple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives a specific intervention/treatment, or no intervention, according to the trial's protocol.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Experimental: Povetacicept
Participants will be randomized to receive one of the two doses of povetacicept for the initial 12 weeks. Eligible participants can receive povetacicept for an additional 96 weeks.
Drug: Povetacicept
Solution for Subcutaneous Injection.
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Participants will be randomized to receive placebo matched to povetacicept for the initial 12 weeks. Eligible participants can receive povetacicept for an additional 96 weeks.
Drug: Povetacicept
Solution for Subcutaneous Injection.
Drug: Placebo
Solution for Subcutaneous Injection.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Percent change in Total Immunoglobulin G (IgG)
Time Frame: Baseline and At Week 12
Baseline and At Week 12
Safety and Tolerability as Assessed by Number of Participants with Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)
Time Frame: From Baseline Up to Week 116
From Baseline Up to Week 116

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

The actual date on which the first participant was enrolled in a clinical study. The "anticipated" study start date is the date that the researchers think will be the study start date.
May 13, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention to collect final data for the primary outcome measure. Whether the clinical study ended according to the protocol or was terminated does not affect this date. For clinical studies with more than one primary outcome measure with different completion dates, this term refers to the date on which data collection is completed for all the primary outcome measures. The "anticipated" primary completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the primary completion date for the study.
March 2, 2029

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
March 2, 2029

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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March 24, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The date on which the study sponsor or investigator first submits a study record that is consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. The sponsor or investigator may need to revise and submit a study record one or more times before NLM's QC review criteria are met. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
March 24, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

The date on which the study record was first available on ClinicalTrials.gov after National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review has concluded. There is typically a delay of a few days between the date the study sponsor or investigator submitted the study record and the first posted date.
March 30, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

The most recent date on which changes to a study record were made available on ClinicalTrials.gov. There may be a delay between when the changes were submitted to ClinicalTrials.gov by the study's sponsor or investigator (the last update submitted date) and the last update posted date.
September 4, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator submitted changes to a study record that are consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
September 3, 2026

Last Verified

Last Verified

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator confirmed the information about a clinical study on ClinicalTrials.gov as accurate and current. If a study with a recruitment status of recruiting; not yet recruiting; or active, not recruiting has not been confirmed within the past 2 years, the study's recruitment status is shown as unknown.
September 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

Identifiers or ID numbers other than the NCT number that are assigned to a clinical study by the study's sponsor, funders, or others. These numbers may include unique identifiers from other trial registries and National Institutes of Health grant numbers.
  • VX25-AIS-301
  • 2025 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract: Faculty of Social Sciences Scientific Grant at the University of Gdańsk)
  • 2025-523950-15-01 (Other Identifier: EU Trial (CTIS) Number)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

Details on Vertex data sharing criteria and process for requesting access can be found at: https://www.vrtx.com/our-science/clinical-trials-data-sharing/

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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