Interstitial Lung Disease News

BOSTON — Among patients with interstitial lung disease, the risk for mortality rose if they lived less than 200 m from a major highway, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — Fatigue and shortness of breath among patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis got worse after being hospitalized, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

A 12-week dietetic intervention trial in patients with interstitial lung disease and malnutrition was feasible and helped patients stop losing weight, according to a poster at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

SAN DIEGO — Managing systemic inflammation is critical to reducing cardiovascular and pulmonary outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to a presenter at the 2024 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.

SAN DIEGO — Clinicians managing systemic sclerosis should focus on treating “what is treatable” in each organ that is involved, according to data presented at the 2024 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.

SAN DIEGO — All patients with systemic sclerosis should be screened for pulmonary arterial hypertension and interstitial lung disease, according to a speaker at the 2024 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.

Adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis met the primary endpoint of absolute change in FVC with 52-week oral nerandomilast, an investigational phosphodiesterase 4B inhibitor, vs. placebo, according to FIBRONEER-IPF topline results.

The FDA has granted rare pediatric disease designation to Descartes-08, an autologous mRNA cell therapy, for the treatment of juvenile dermatomyositis, Cartesian Therapeutics announced in a press release.

New recommendations from the American College of Rheumatology and the American College of Chest Physicians strongly advise against glucocorticoids for interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis.

Former New York Yankees center fielder Bernie Williams is sharing resources for patients with interstitial lung disease as a tribute to his late father, who lost his battle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in 2001.