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Asthma affects nearly 300 million people worldwide.1 Despite a notable decline in age-standardized prevalence, mortality and disability-adjusted life years over the past three decades, the burden of asthma remains high in many countries including low-middle-income countries.2 Climate change is also predicted to significantly impact asthma and other respiratory-related conditions, as rising global temperatures lead to longer pollen […]

Interstitial Lung Disease

An Introduction to Interstitial Lung Disease

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Physician burnout is at a critical point. In this episode, Nicky speaks with Dr Alfred Atanda about why so many physicians are burning out and what can be done to change the trend. From personal experience to system-wide solutions, Dr Atanda shares valuable insights on improving physician well-being and building a more effective healthcare culture.

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What if your medical degree could launch more than a clinical career? In this candid and compelling read, Dr Jon Edelson shares his lessons for early-career clinicians ready to think beyond the bedside and explore the business of medicine.

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In this episode, we explore the future of continuing medical education (CME) with the team behind touchIME. Hannah Fisher and Matthew Goodwin share insights into global and US trends, the importance of patient inclusivity and how educational outcomes are evolving to better measure the direct impact of learning on clinical practice and patient care.

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Boehringer Ingelheim has announced that its investigational drug, nerandomilast (BI 1015550), has successfully met the primary endpoint in the phase III FIBRONEER™-ILD study. The trial assessed the absolute change from baseline in forced vital capacity (FVC) [mL] at Week 52 compared ...

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The unmet need for effective treatments for childhood interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) is significant, with no drugs currently approved for this vulnerable population—unlike in adult patients.

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Although there is limited evidence on the link between interstitial lung disease (ILD) and malnutrition, malnourished patients tend to have shorter survival rates, regardless of disease severity. A late-breaking abstract presented at ERS 2024 titled “Dietetic intervention in malnourished patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD): a pilot trial” investigated whether dietitian involvement could provide meaningful benefits to these patients, potentially laying the groundwork for further research and future clinical guidelines.

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The BETTER-B study, recently presented at ERS and published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, provided new insights into the management of severe breathlessness in patients with chronic respiratory diseases such as COPD and Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD).  Severe breathlessness is a debilitating symptom that significantly impacts the quality of life for millions of people worldwide, yet there are currently no licensed medications to effectively address it outside of Australia. Given the clinical challenges and limited treatment options, clinicians often resort to off-label use of medications like mirtazapine, a widely prescribed antidepressant that appeared promising. Despite its initial promise, the study found that doses ranging from 15 to 45 mg of mirtazapine failed to provide significant relief compared to a placebo. Additionally, the findings highlighted potential adverse effects and increased healthcare costs associated with its use. 

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Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by inflammation and/or fibrosis.1 Pulmonary fibrosis develops due to repeated cycles of injury and impaired repair with fibroblast activation and migration with the resultant deposition of extracellular matrix ...

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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a serious chronic lung disease which results in symptoms such as shortness of breath and dry cough and is caused by fibrosis of the lungs. It was a pleasure to talk with Dr. Steven D. ...

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The TETON program consists of two currently recruiting phase 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies that are investigating the efficacy and safety of inhaled treprostinil in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (NCT04708782, NCT05255991). It was a pleasure to talk with Dr. Steven D. Nathan (...

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Interstitial lung disease (ILD) frequently complicates rheumatoid arthritis (RA).1 Moreover, it is more common among those who are male, smoke or are seropositive and with increasing age.1 Emergent risk factors include gain-of-function promoter variants in the MUC5B gene and ...

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INCREASE OLE was the open-label extension of the INCREASE study (NCT02630316), which investigated the safety and efficacy of inhaled treprostinil in patients with pulmonary hypertension due to interstitial lung disease. We caught up with Prof. Jean Elwing (UC Health, Cincinnati, ...

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The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) Registry is collecting data from patients with pulmonary fibrosis (PF) or interstitial lung disease (ILD), lung transplant recipients who have had PF or ILD as well as caregivers and family members of patients to help ...

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The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) Registry is collecting data from patients with pulmonary fibrosis (PF) or interstitial lung disease (ILD), lung transplant recipients who have had PF or ILD as well as caregivers and family members of patients to help ...

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It was a pleasure to talk with Bill Schmidt, President and CEO of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) to discuss why awareness of interstitial lung disease (ILD) remains low and how the annual ILD Day on 14 Sept helped to spread ...

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The InPedILD trial was a phase 3, double-blind placebo-controlled trial investigating nintedanib in children and adolescents with fibrosing interstitial lung diseases (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04093024). We were delighted to speak to Dr. Robin Deterding (University of Colorado; Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ...

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Nintedanib is an inhibitor of tyrosine kinases involved in the progression of pulmonary fibrosis and blocks the signalling pathways involved in fibrotic processes. We were delighted to speak to Dr. Robin Deterding (University of Colorado; Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ...

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TRAIL1 (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02808871) was a phase 2 randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled trial investigating pirfenidone in rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD). We were delighted to speak to Professor Ivan O. Rosas (Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor Medicine McNair Campus, ...

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