Panniculitis in Dermatomyositis
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
- Where
- Strasbourg, FranceSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 20 people, planned
- Started
- 20 Oct 2025
- Expected to end
- 20 Apr 2028
- Type of study
- Observational
- Record updated
- 16 January 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 1 year and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Subject aged 1 year and older
- With a confirmed diagnosis of dermatomyositis
- With a confirmed diagnosis of panniculitis
Who cannot take part
- Panniculitis for which another cause has been established, particularly infectious and metabolic panniculitis
Where in France
- Service de dermatologie - CHU de Strasbourg - FranceStrasbourg, FranceContact: Dan LIPSKER, MD, PhDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Adipose tissue involvement is rare in dermatomyositis. The occurrence of partial or diffuse lipodystrophy is a rare but well-characterized manifestation, particularly in juvenile forms of dermatomyositis. Panniculitis, on the other hand, is exceptional and rarely described in the literature, mostly in the form of clinical cases.
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Panniculitis in dermatomyositis is exceptional. There are no validated diagnostic criteria or treatment recommendations. Treatment is based, by analogy, on the therapeutic strategy for lupus panniculitis and involves synthetic antimalarials combined with steroids and/or immunosuppressants.
The aim of this study is to describe panniculitis in dermatomyositis in order to determine whether there are clinical or histological characteristics that distinguish it from other causes of panniculitis, particularly panniculitis associated with lupus erythematosus.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Record updated
- 16 January 2026