Canadian Inflammatory Myopathy Study, Canada

Registration Status: Completed

Objective: The Canadian Inflammatory Myopathy Study is a network aimed to advance research, training, and knowledge translation in inflammatory myopathies. It is actively enrolling a prospective, longitudinal and multi-centered inception cohort of patients with autoimmune myopathies. For more information: https://www.cimstudy.ca/

Registered Biobank Name Canadian Inflammatory Myopathy Study
Biobank Leader May Choi
Country Canada
Email for biobank inquiries may.choi@ucalgary.ca
Principal Investigator Valérie Leclair
User Type
  • Mono: A biobank that supports a specific research project, may have few staff members, a small-scale accrual scope with little to no initial intention of releasing or distributing biospecimens to secondary parties
  • Oligo: A biobank that supports several research groups or clinical trials, may or may not be designed to release biospecimens outside their collaborative group
  • Poly: A biobank that has generally a larger accrual scope, resources, and multiple users outside the biobank proper
Biospecimen Collected: