2025 MCTC Project List
Below are 10 MCTC planned projects in 2025.
We sincerely invite you to join us and collaborate on these initiatives.
We welcome dedicated participants who are committed to contributing their time and effort, with active engagement in regular online meetings.
1. Criteria for IIM remission & LDA criteria
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Developing and Validating “Remission” and “Low Disease
Activity” Criteria for Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
2. Definition of IIM-ILD progression
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Standardizing the Definition of Progression in IIM-related
ILD
3. Criteria for IIM worsening
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Evaluation and Revision of the “Clinical Worsening”
Definition in IIM Clinical Trials
4. Consensus on IIM outcome measures
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Appropriateness and Feasibility of Outcome Measures in
IIM
5. Global study recruitment patterns
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Global Patterns and Challenges in Patient Recruitment for Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy Clinical Trials: Results from the 2024 MCTC Investigators’ Survey
6. Gaps in assessment expertise
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Gaps in Training and Expertise in Myositis Outcome Measures: Insights from the 2024 MCTC Investigators’ Survey
7. Characteristics of trial versus non-study IIM patients
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Characteristics of IIM Patients Enrolled in Clinical Trials Compared to “Non-Study” IIM Populations
8. Duration of IIM clinical trials
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Assessment of the Potential for Shorter Duration of IIM
Clinical Trials (52 vs. 24 weeks)
9. Fair market value in IIM trials’ budgets
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Scoping of Perceived Reasonable Fair Market Values in
Myositis Clinical Trials
10. IVIG pharmacokinetics & dosing
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Pharmacokinetics and Optimal Dosing of IVIG in
Dermatomyositis