🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-07-31

A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Efficacy, and Drug Levels of CC-97540 in Participants With Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis, Progressive Forms of Multiple Sclerosis or Refractory Myasthenia Gravis (MG) (Breakfree-2) (NCT06220201)

🔵 Active, Not Recruiting Phase1 💊 Investigational Drug / Biologic Sponsor: Juno Therapeutics, Inc., a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, efficacy, and drug levels of CC-97540 in participants with Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), Progressive Forms of Multiple Sclerosis (PMS) or Refractory Myasthenia Gravis (MG).

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (1 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (5 items).

Location: Local Institution - 0011 — Birmingham, Alabama

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria
  • Cohorts 1 and 2: Participants that cannot complete the 9-Hole Peg Test (9-HPT) in at least 1 hand in \<240 seconds unless extenuating medical conditions unrelated to MS prohibit this.
  • Participants that cannot perform a Timed 25-Foot Walk Test (T25FWT) in \< 150 seconds.
  • Presence of other confounding peripheral nervous system disorders or other disorders that may impact muscle strength (eg, myositis) or cause weakness, stroke, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome.
  • Other protocol-defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria apply.

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (34 Sites)

  • Local Institution - 0011 — Birmingham, Alabama
  • University of California, Irvine — Irvine, California
  • University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus — Aurora, Colorado
  • Colorado Blood Cancer Institute — Denver, Colorado
  • Yale-New Haven Hospital — North Haven, Connecticut
  • University of Kansas Medical Center — Kansas City, Kansas
  • Local Institution - 0005 — Boston, Massachusetts
  • Washington University School of Medicine — St Louis, Missouri
  • Hackensack University Medical Center — Hackensack, New Jersey
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — New York, New York
  • Neurological Institute of New York — New York, New York
  • University of Cincinnati Medical Center — Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Cleveland Clinic Mellen Center — Cleveland, Ohio
  • Oregon Health and Science University — Portland, Oregon
  • Swedish Medical Center — Seattle, Washington
  • Medical College of Wisconsin — Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Antwerp University Hospital — Edegem, Antwerpen
  • UZ Gent — Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen
  • Hopital Claude Huriez - CHU de Lille — Lille, Nord
  • Pitie Salpetriere University Hospital — Paris, Ville de Paris
  • Universitaetsklinikum Essen — Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Universitaetsklinikum Magdeburg — Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt
  • Local Institution - 0033 — Düsseldorf,
  • Universitaetsklinikum Erlangen — Erlangen,
  • Klinikum der Universität München Großhadern — München,

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.
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