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Multicenter Validation Study of Revised Preliminary Definitions of Improvement
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Principal Investigator:
I Garcia DeLaTorre, Guadalajara. Ruben Burgos, Lilia Andrade, Antonio
Fraga, Mexico City.
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Study Design:
Natural History Study
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Types & Number of IIM Studied:
Active, Early Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis (N = 80)
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Entry Criteria:
Probable or definite Bohan and Peter criteria for Polymyositis and
Dermatomyositis
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IMACS Core Set Measures Included:
All: Physician and Patient Globals, Manual Muscle Testing, Health Assessmetn Questionnaire, enzymes, Myositis Disease Activity Assessment Tool; Myositis Damage Index, Health-related Quality of Life by SF-36
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Other Measures Included:
Antinuclear Antibodies, Storage of DNA for futures studies
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Primary Outcome:
IMACS Definitions of Improvement
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Study Duration:
6 months
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Comments:
Enrollment commencing
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Contact:
Drs. Lilia Andrade-Ortega, e-mail: liliaandrade@prodigy.net.mx, Ruben
Burgos Vargas, e-mail: burgosv@attglobal.net, Gabriel Medrano Ramirez,
e-mail: gamer1@avantel.net, Mexico City; Drs. Ignacio Garcia-De La
Torre, e-mail: igdlt@aol.com; Mario Salazar-Paramo, e-mail: msalazpa@infosel.net.mx,
Guadalajara
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