Co-Principal Investigators:
Maria Teresa Garcia Romero, MD, MPH
National Institute of Pediatrics, Mexico City
Yvonne Chiu, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Overview:
Morphea is a complex condition that mainly affects children and lacks a good way to measure disease activity. This impacts the timing and choice of treatment and whether patients get better or not. Dr. Garcia-Romero and Dr. Chiu will work with expert pediatric dermatologists and patients to build and test a new tool to measure morphea disease activity. In the end, the tool will help patients and pediatric dermatologists around the world to make the best possible treatment decisions.
Status:
This study was funded through the 2018 PeDRA Research Hot Seat -A PeDRA Shark Tank. The project is currently underway with an in-person meeting planned for early 2020.
