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Identification of Predictors for Interstitial Lung Disease in Myositis Patients: A Systematic Review

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a well-recognized complication in the spectrum of diseases known as the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies...
Introducing the NEW Myositis Support Community! The Myositis Support Community is similar to Facebook, however, it provides a more...
RDMD and MSU Collaborating for IBM Research

We are excited to announce a new collaboration with RDMD, a company that aims to jumpstart research for patients...
Join MSU in celebrating Rare Disease Day, Feb. 28th, and Rare Disease Week on Capitol Hill. We are also...
DETERMINE - a Phase 3 trial designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of lenabasum for the treatment of adults...
The first step when approaching a patient with muscle weakness – Differential diagnosis of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies in adults

Information on the differential diagnosis of adults with muscle weakness. Differential diagnosis is the process of distinguishing a specific...
MSU has come a long way since the beginning in 2010 with our first Facebook support group and subsequent...
Corbus launches DETERMINE, a Phase 3 trial of lenabasum for the treatment of dermatomyositis

New locations announced July 9, 2019. DETERMINE is a double-blind, placebo-controlled 1-year study designed to test the efficacy and...
Myositis and Cancer: Risk highest for carriers of anti-TIF1 antibody

The research found that DM patients with the anti-transcriptional intermediary factor 1 (anti-TIF1) antibody were more than three times...
New Classification System for Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies, phenotypes

The authors propose that a new classification system for Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM) based on phenotypic (observable characteristics), biologic...
MSU is just getting started. You see, as long as there are still people dying from the various myositis...
EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria for Adult and Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies and Their Major Subgroups

Clinical trials and studies require patient groups in clearly defined categories, but the multiple diagnostic and classification criteria used...
Advances in the Early Diagnosis and Therapy of Inclusion Body Myositis

The purpose of this article is to describe advancements in the diagnosis of Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM) and therapy...
MSU and Orphazyme: Working together for a treatment for inclusion body myositis

Updated April 23, 2019 - Study is fully enrolled. One of our goals is to provide inclusion body...
Dermatomyositis Patients with a Certain Type of Autoantibodies at Higher Risk of Skin Eruptions with Use of Hydroxychloroquine

In this study, the researchers set out to determine if there was a distinction between the type of autoantibodies...
Statin Use Associated with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies

Statins are drugs that lower cholesterol. There have been reports indicating that statin use may be associated with idiopathic...
Corbus Pharmaceuticals announced today that they will proceed with a Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and...
Explaining myositis (Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy) and how it affects our lives is difficult. There isn’t a simple, clear-cut answer...