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ReviewRheumatology (Oxford, England)2025

Treatment guidelines for idiopathic inflammatory myopathies in adults: a comparative review.

Julie J Paik, Victoria P Werth, Hector Chinoy, Karim R Masri, Amruta Jambekar, Feza Hasan, Cecilia E Borlenghi, David A Gold

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Review in Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Emerging therapies in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.Journal of neuromuscular diseases · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Julie J PaikDivision of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8436-1601
Victoria P WerthDivision of Dermatology, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3030-5369
Hector ChinoyDepartment of Rheumatology, Salford Royal Hospital, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Salford, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6492-1288
Karim R MasriPfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, USA.
Amruta JambekarIndegene Ltd, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Feza HasanIndegene Ltd, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Cecilia E BorlenghiPfizer Inc., Buenos Aires, Argentina.
David A GoldPfizer Canada ULC, Kirkland, QC, Canada.

Funding

AstraZenecaDepartment of Health and Social CareManchester Biomedical Research Centre NIHR203308National Institution for Health ResearchPfizer Inc.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myositis, or idiopathic inflammatory myopathy, encompasses a group of autoimmune diseases with broad-spectrum clinical presentations, with a common presentation of muscle weakness and inflammation. The management of myositis presents significant challenges due to the rarity and variability of the disease and lack of large-scale, randomized controlled trials. Due to limited evidence available from smaller studies as well as variation in treatment practices across geographical regions and disease subtypes, available published treatment recommendations vary significantly. There is a need, therefore, to develop multidisciplinary consensus-driven guidelines that appropriately reflect the diverse and complex nature of the disease. This comparative review presents an in-depth analysis of existing myositis treatment guidelines from diverse organizations, highlighting similarities and key differences in diagnoses, treatment and management recommendations. We propose that there is a need for developing globally unified, consensus-driven standardized set of guidelines for effective myositis management.

Indexed as

MyositisPractice Guidelines as TopicAdultDisease ManagementHumansdermatomyositisguidelinesidiopathic inflammatory myopathymyositistreatment recommendations

Identifiers

PMID39999025
PMCPMC12399281

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