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Filter by:This study aims at assessing the gene expression in the muscles of patients suffering from sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis (sIBM) at various stages of the disease, by comparison with muscles of control subject. The investigators use the RNA-seq technique to analyze the gene expression levels and potential alternate transcripts, including long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), in muscle tissue samples. The gene expression profiles will point to the genes of interest that can then become the object of future studies, in which epigenetic changes of these genes will be explored further. The value of those possible biomarkers will be assessed. The investigators will also evaluate the correlation between the gene expression profile, the degree of functional impairment, the histological picture and the presence or absence of autoantibodies.
Background: Dermatomyositis (DM) and juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) cause inflammation in the muscles. People with DM and JDM can develop calcium deposits in places they should not, known as calcinosis. Calcinosis can be painful and cause disabilities and other problems. Researchers want to learn more about calcinosis to find treatments for it. Objective: To test if sodium thiosulfate (STS) can treat people with DM with calcinosis. Eligibility: People ages 7 and older who have moderate or severe calcinosis. They must have stable DM and calcium deposits in the torso or at least 2 limbs. Design: Participants will be screened with: - Medical history - Physical exam - Muscle strength and function tests - Blood and urine tests Participants will have several visits: - 7-day pre-treatment visit about 10 weeks before starting STS - Treatment visits over 10 weeks. They will get STS 3 times a week through IV infusion. They may be hospitalized the whole time. If they tolerate the drug, they may be discharged at certain times. During these times, they will return for the infusions. - 3- to 5-day post-treatment visits 24 weeks and 62 weeks after starting STS. Visits may include repeats of screening tests and: - Questionnaires - Scans: They lie in a machine that takes pictures of the body. They may be injected with a radioactive agent. - Durometry: A small instrument applies pressure on the skin or exposed calcinosis. - Measurements of blood flow in the arms and fingernail blood vessels - Photographs of the skin - Kidney ultrasound - Tests of kidney function - Calcinosis aspiration: A needle placed into areas of calcinosis removes liquid.
A randomized, controlled pilot trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of subcutaneous Abatacept in treating interstitial lung disease associated with the anti-synthetase syndrome.
As a T2T, our patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies will receive pulse therapies with methyprednisolone and/or human intravenous immunoglobulin, or only methyprednisolone at disease onset. This scheme is an internal routine protocol of our Service.
Physical training may improve physical capacity and health parameters in various systemic autoimmune diseases, including idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Therefore, the present study will assess the role of an exercise training program in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.
The aim of the study is to evaluate the psychometric properties (content and construct validity, reliability, measurements error, as well as possible floor and ceiling effects) of both the assessments MMT8 and the myositis activity profile in patients with IM.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether moderate-severe endpoints (including high fever, lower respiratory tract disease, acute otitis media, or serious extra-pulmonary complications) were predictive of hospitalization, intensive care admission, antibiotic use and other complications in children under 8 years of age.
Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Abatacept subcutaneous (SC) in Combination With Standard Therapy Compared to Standard Therapy Alone in Improving Disease Activity in Adults With Active Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy
Knowledge of the descriptive epidemiology of MIs is very limited. The main objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of inflammatory myopathies in Alsace at the 1st January 2012 with "capture-recapture" design using several independent sources of case identification.
Funding Source - FDA Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD). The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the study drug, arimoclomol in IBM patients.