Idiopathic and inflammatory myopathy/myositis
| Disease | Author, reference no | Number |
| DM | Levine449 | 6: Effective |
| DM | Chung L et al450 | 8:(partial response) |
| PM | Ramos-Casals et al384 | 3: Effective |
| Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy | Sultan et al451 | 8: Effective in DM only |
DM, dermatomyositis; PM, polymyositis.