18-Oct-06

-- Joint Breakfast Meeting of the JDM Working Group and IMACS Group*

-- Tuesday November 14, 2006 0700 - 0900

-- Location: Renaissance Washington D.C. Hotel, Congressional Hall A

AGENDA (DRAFT)

1. CARRA JDM Treatment Standards Initiative Dr. Brian Feldman
2. NIH JDM Registry Dr. Lauren Pachman
3. MITAX Computer Program Dr. David Isenberg
4. Rituximab in Myositis (RIM) Trial Dr. Chester Oddis
5. PRINTO JDM Trial Dr. Nicola Ruperto
6. IMACS Trials Repository Dr. Lisa Rider
7. UK JDM Registry and Repository Dr. Clarissa Pilkington
8. JDM Diagnostic Criteria Study Dr. Clarissa Pilkington
9. Myositis Classification Criteria Project Dr. Ingrid Lundberg
10. Proposed Muscle Biopsy Scoring Tool in Myositis Dr. Lucy Wedderburn
11. Cure JM Jacque DenUyl
12. The Myositis Association Bob Goldberg

*JDM specific items will be discussed first, followed by items of interest to both groups. Because of the overlap, there is one agenda for this combined meeting.

The Breakfast Meeting is sponsored by: Wyeth/Amgen

Their generous support is appreciated.