Interstitial Lung Disease News

Among patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis, efzofitimod was safe through 24 weeks, and it improved measures of lung function and quality of life when given at a higher dosage, according to study results published in CHEST.

Approximately 7% of patients with systemic sclerosis in an Australian cohort demonstrated concurrent pulmonary arterial hypertension and interstitial lung disease, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Inhaled treprostinil was safe in patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease over 1 year and sustained improved exercise capacity, according to study results published in European Respiratory Journal.

For individuals related to someone with familial interstitial pneumonia, the prevalence of pulmonary fibrosis was around 1,000 per 100,000 person-years, according to study results.

Dermatologists should be aware of cutaneous findings in patients with systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma due to the association of internal organ dysfunction, according to a study.

There are several differences in the symptoms reported among male and female patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome, according to data published in the Journal of Clinical Rheumatology.

WASHINGTON — In patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, yearly lung function decline rates did not improve with two different dosages of ziritaxestat, according to an American Thoracic Society International Conference presentation.

People residing in the East Coast are currently experiencing poor air quality due to smoke and haze from hundreds of wildfires in Canada.

WASHINGTON — Exposure to air pollutants at high levels contributed to interstitial lung disease incidence, acute exacerbations and death, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

The ability to discern sarcoidosis from other diagnoses was “good to excellent” in two sarcoidosis diagnostic scores, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.