Effect of Recombinant Human Pentraxin 2 vs Placebo on Change in Forced Vital Capacity in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Raghu G, van den Blink B, Hamblin MJ, Brown AW, Golden JA, Ho LA, Wijsenbeek MS, Vasakova M, Pesci A, Antin-Ozerkis DE, Meyer KC, Kreuter M, Santin-Janin H, Mulder GJ, Bartholmai B, Gupta R, Richeldi L. Effect of Recombinant Human Pentraxin 2 vs Placebo on Change in Forced Vital Capacity in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2018, 319: 2299-2307. PMID: 29800034, PMCID: PMC6134440, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.6129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisPentraxin 2Placebo groupPulmonary fibrosisWeek 28FVC percentageWalk distanceLung volumeProgressive fibrotic lung diseaseEnd pointVital capacity percentageCommon adverse eventsPlacebo-controlled trialPrimary end pointSecondary end pointsFibrotic lung diseaseForced Vital CapacityTotal lung volumeSignificant treatment differencesEligible patientsMeasurements of DLCOStudy drugAdverse eventsLung functionPoor prognosis
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