Testing treatments to improve symptoms of Myositis - Wesley Research Institute
Wesley Research Institute
Donate
Now

Myositis is a disorder in which the immune system attacks the muscles. It is hoped that this new treatment may help improve the symptoms of this disease.

 

Research Objectives

Status

Current

Recruitment

Open

Patient Group

Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy/Myositis Status: Current

Study location

Wesley Research Institute

Phase

3

Study type

Industry Sponsored
Sponsors: Argenx BV (global) and ICON Clinical Research Pty Ltd (Local)

Lead investigators

  • Dr Daman Langguth

Clinical Trial Coordinator

  • Venita Bali

Technical title

A Phase 2/3, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics, and Immunogenicity of Efgartigimod PH20 SC in Adult Participants With Active Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies

About this research project

The research project is testing a new treatment for Active Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy. This is a disorder in which the immune system attacks the muscles. This leads to muscle weakness and may affect other organs of the body.

The potential new treatment being tested is called efgartigimod (also called ARGX113). It is hoped that efgartigimod may help improve the symptoms of myositis.

 

Latest News

Lung Cancer METASPATIAL Study awarded $1 million by the Australian Government

We’re delighted to announce that Dr Arutha Kulasinghe is leading the Lung Cancer METASPATIAL Study that has been awarded nearly $1m by the Australian Government. The project is supported by the Wesley Research Institute and the University of Queensland. The METASPATIAL Study will be undertaken over the next 4 years at Wesley Research Institute’s new Queensland Spatial Biology Centre (QSBC).

Lung Cancer Survivor Michel Itel an advocate for Spatial Mapping of Digital Pathology

As a patient with a specific EGFR positive mutation, Michel benefited from targeted therapy, an approach that the new Queensland Spatial Biology Centre (QSBC) aims to enhance for future patients.
Amanda

Amanda’s Story

Flashback to the middle of 2019, it was just like any other normal day at work for Amanda, until she noticed a lump in her groin.
1 2 3 8
linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram