2018
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
2016
Validation of the prognostic value of MMP‐7 in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Tzouvelekis A, Herazo‐Maya J, Slade M, Chu J, Deiuliis G, Ryu C, Li Q, Sakamoto K, Ibarra G, Pan H, Gulati M, Antin‐Ozerkis D, Herzog EL, Kaminski N. Validation of the prognostic value of MMP‐7 in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Respirology 2016, 22: 486-493. PMID: 27761978, PMCID: PMC5352520, DOI: 10.1111/resp.12920.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransplant-free survivalIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisMMP-7 concentrationsMatrix metalloproteinase-7IPF patientsCause mortalityPulmonary fibrosisHealthy controlsMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelCox proportional hazards modelPulmonary function parametersVariable clinical courseBaseline pulmonary function parametersProportional hazards modelIPF biomarkersProgressive diseaseClinical coursePoor prognosisPrognostic valueVital capacityIndependent biomarkerLung capacityPrognostic thresholdPlasma concentrationsMortality risk