Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis Registry

Status unconfirmed

Conditions studied: Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis

In brief

By creating a registry, physicians will have the opportunity to understand the clinical outcomes of Myositis patients treated with Acthar. Despite the availability of clinical exams, muscle biopsies, and other testing, it is surmised that there may be a more important classification of myositis that physicians are not diagnosing which could possibly lead to improper treatment due to inaccurate diagnosis. There may be several types of immune and inflammatory myositis (IIM) that do not fit well into the typical sub classifications of myositis.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01637064

Run by

Phoenix Neurological Associates, LTD

People needed

100

Starts

2013-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-11-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18-85
• Male or Female
• Clinical or pathologic diagnosis of polymyositis or dermatomyositis
• Capable of providing informed consent and complying with treatment regimen

You may not qualify if…

• History of scleroderma, osteoporosis, systemic fungal infections, ocular herpes simplex
• Recent surgery, history of or the presence of a peptic ulcer, congestive heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension, or sensitivity to proteins of porcine origin
• Any other co-morbid condition which would make completion of the trial unlikely
• If female, pregnant or breast-feeding; or, if of childbearing age, an unwillingness to use appropriate birth control

Where it is running

• PNA Center for Neurological Research — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• Ara Dikranian MD — San Diego, California, United States
• Neurology INC — Columbia, Missouri, United States
• New York Methodist Hospital — Brooklyn, New York, United States
• University of Vermont — Burlington, Vermont, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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