Table 2.
Summary of CTT results.
| Reliability | Construct validity | Ability to detect change over time | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Correlation with other COAs3 | Standardized effect size3 | |||||||||||
| Cronbach’s alpha | ICC2 | Item-to-Item correlation coefficients | Item-to-Scale correlation coefficients | MGC score | QMG score | MG ADL score | MG II—total score | MG QoL15r score | Worsened patients | Stable patients | Improved patients | |
| N=2001 | N = 116 | Range | Range | N = 13 | N = 93 | N = 78 | ||||||
| Muscle weakness fatigability | 0.89 | 0.88 | 0.35–0.94 | 0.58–0.71 | 0.56 | 0.41 | 0.68 | 0.42 | 0.71 | 0.31 | −0.32 | −1.04 |
| Physical fatigue | 0.97 | 0.89 | 0.48–0.94 | 0.61–0.89 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.49 | 0.38 | 0.68 | 0.30 | −0.27 | −0.86 |
| Bulbar muscle weakness | 0.91 | 0.83 | 0.37–0.93 | 0.55–0.75 | 0.57 | 0.26 | 0.57 | 0.29 | 0.53 | 0.08 | −0.30 | −0.70 |
| Respiratory muscle weakness | 0.88 | 0.81 | 0.80–0.86 | 0.71–0.79 | 0.41 | 0.32 | 0.54 | 0.28 | 0.59 | 0.32 | −0.16 | −0.49 |
| Ocular muscle weakness | 0.83 | 0.81 | 0.41–0.92 | 0.48–0.67 | 0.33 | 0.26 | 0.67 | 0.41 | 0.48 | −0.05 | −0.21 | −0.55 |
1Ns for all scales = 200 except Bulbar Muscle Weakness, which is N = 197. 2Intraclass correlation coefficient between screening and baseline, among stable patients according to PGIS. 3Effect size for participants according to change in the PGIS at Day 29. ICC, Intraclass correlation coefficient; MGC, MG composite; QMG, Quantitative MG; MG-ADL, MG activities of daily living; MGII, MG impairment index-total score; MG QOL15r, MG quality of life 14-item revised.