Could your environment trigger a rare muscle disease?

NCT ID NCT01276470

First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated May 14, 2026 · Updated 27 times

Summary

This study looks at whether certain environmental exposures—like infections, stress, or sun exposure—are more common in people with anti-synthetase syndrome (a type of myositis with lung involvement) compared to other myositis patients and healthy volunteers. Researchers will collect blood, urine, and house dust samples, plus questionnaires, from 580 participants. The goal is to identify triggers that may cause the disease, not to test a treatment.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

  • Contact

    Phone: •••-•••-•••• Email: •••••@•••••

Locations

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    COMPLETED

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • Johns Hopkins University

    COMPLETED

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States

  • Mayo Clinic, Rochester

    COMPLETED

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States

  • Mid-Atlantic Kaiser Permanente

    COMPLETED

    Rockville, Maryland, 20853, United States

  • NIEHS Clinical Research Unit (CRU)

    RECRUITING

    Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709, United States

    Contact Phone: •••-•••-•••• Email: •••••@•••••

  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

    RECRUITING

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States

    Contact Phone: •••-•••-•••• Email: •••••@•••••

  • University of Miami Hospital

    WITHDRAWN

    Miami, Florida, 33101, United States

  • University of Pittsburgh

    COMPLETED

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15261, United States

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