Treatment patterns and clinical profile in progressive pulmonary fibrosis: a Japanese cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a paucity of real-world data on patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) that are progressive, other than idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), including treatment patterns and attitudes toward treatment. This study aimed to investigate the diagnosis, clinical characteristics, treatment paradigm and current decision-making practices of IPF and progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) in a Japanese real-world setting.

Methods

Data were drawn from the Adelphi Real World PPF-ILD Disease Specific Programme™, a cross-sectional survey with retrospective data collection of pulmonologists and rheumatologists in Japan from April to October 2022. Physicians provided data for up to 12 consecutive patients with a physician-confirmed diagnosis of progressive ILD; pa

SUBMITTER: Yasuoka H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11775758 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature