Interstitial Lung Disease News

DESTIN, Fla. — Complicated disease pathogenesis and a lack of FDA-approved therapies makes sarcoidosis a significant clinical challenge, according to a presenter at the 2023 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-East.

For diagnosing systemic sclerosis-related ILD, Krebs von den Lungen-6, surfactant protein-D and interleukin-8 in blood/bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples were found to be “reliable biomarkers,” according to results published in Thorax.

A composite biomarker index could improve the risk stratification and diagnosis of interstitial lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with connective tissue disease demonstrate a “poor” 10-year rate of 59.9%, according to data published in Rheumatology.

Patients with sarcoidosis of different races and sexes had differing frequencies of lung function impairment phenotypes, according to study results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

A hypochromic red cells concentration of more than 2% is an independent predictor of mortality in patients with systemic sclerosis, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Black patients with pulmonary fibrosis are younger at diagnosis and death than Hispanic and white patients with pulmonary fibrosis, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

A decades-long study that enrolled participants in the 1940s found that contracting a lower respiratory tract infection in early childhood was associated with a higher risk for premature death from respiratory disease in adulthood.

The use of proton pump inhibitors improves overall and progression-free survival in patients with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease, according to data published in Rheumatology.

Twelve weeks of online mindfulness-based cognitive therapy better alleviated sarcoidosis-related fatigue than standard care, according to study results published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.