Status:

RECRUITING

Search for Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers in Systemic Sclerosis and Inflammatory Myopathies

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Conditions:

Systemic Sclerosis

Inflammatory Myopathies

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Systemic sclerosis and inflammatory myopathies, which sometimes combine (scleromyositis), have shared pathophysiological elements. In both diseases, many cell subtypes are involved in damage to organs...

Detailed Description

Cohort study, monocentric, comparative, non-randomized, open-label, prospective and longitudinal, quasi-experimental. Participating subjects will be classified according to their clinical, biological...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Control population without inflammatory myopathy (population 1), suspected myopathy for whom a blood test and muscle biopsy are required to confirm the diagnosis
  • Confirmed inflammatory myopathy (population 2)
  • Control population without systemic sclerosis (population 3), with primary Raynaud's phenomenon
  • Early diffuse systemic cutaneous scleroderma (population 4)
  • Male or female (age ≥ 18, no upper age limit)

Exclusion

  • Populations 1 \& 2
  • Contraindication to muscle biopsy
  • Diagnosed for another neuromuscular disease
  • Taking an immunosuppressant / immunomodulator treatment within 3 months before inclusion
  • Unbalanced cardiovascular pathology
  • Population 3 \& 4
  • Contraindication to skin biopsy
  • Capillaroscopic and / or immunological anomaly suggesting scleroderma
  • Suspicion of scleroderma but diagnosed for another connectivitis
  • Immunosuppressive treatment (corticosteroids\> 15 mg, methotrexate, mycophenolate mofetil) introduced for more than 1 month
  • Active or recent cancer \<3 years (apart from non-melanoma skin cancer).
  • For all
  • \- Pregnancy or breast feeding

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 25 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 1 2028

Estimated Enrollment :

55 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04917705

Start Date

November 25 2021

End Date

June 1 2028

Last Update

December 15 2021

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University Hospital of Hautepierre

Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France, 67000