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Efgartigimod was administered as per the ADAPT protocol (consisting of a treatment cycle of four infusions at weekly intervals with further cycles given according to clinical need).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>48 patients with acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive gMG were treated in 12 centres. Most (75%) were female and most had a disease duration of over 10 years. The average MG-Activities of Daily Living (ADL) score at baseline was 11.2. Most (72.9%) patients had undergone thymectomy. 77.0% were taking prednisolone at baseline. All patients had used non-steroidal immunosuppressant treatments, the average number tried was 2.6 (range 1\u20136). 51% had received rituximab. 54.2% of patients required regular intravenous immunoglobulin\/plasma exchange.<\/jats:p><jats:p>75% of patients had a mean reduction in the MG-ADL of\u22652 points in the first cycle and this remained stable throughout the study. The mean intracycle reduction in the MG-ADL score in the first, second, third and fourth cycles were \u22124.6 to \u20133.9, \u22123.4 and \u22124.2, respectively. Side effects were generally mild. No rescue treatments were required. 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