• Steven D Nathan, Ulrich Costabel, Ian Glaspole, Marilyn K Glassberg, Lisa H Lancaster, David J Lederer, Carlos A Pereira, Benjamin Trzaskoma, Elizabeth A Morgenthien, Susan L Limb, and Athol U Wells.
• Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant Program, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA. Electronic address: steven.nathan@inova.org.
• Chest. 2019 Apr 1; 155 (4): 712-719.

BackgroundDeclines in percent predicted FVC (% predicted FVC), declines in 6-min walk distance (6MWD), and respiratory hospitalizations are events associated with disease progression and mortality in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The incidence of multiple events in the same patient over 12 months of pirfenidone treatment is unknown.MethodsPatients who received pirfenidone 2,403 mg/d (n = 623) or placebo (n = 624) in the ASCEND (study 016; NCT01366209) and CAPACITY (studies 004 and 006; NCT00287716 and NCT00287729) phase III trials were included in this post hoc analysis. Disease progression events were defined as relative decline in % predicted FVC ≥ 10%, absolute decline in 6MWD ≥ 50 m, respiratory hospitalization, or death from any cause. The incidence of disease progression events over 12 months was assessed.ResultsThe most frequent disease progression events were declines in % predicted FVC (pirfenidone vs placebo; 202 vs 304 events) and declines in 6MWD (pirfenidone vs placebo; 265 vs 348 events). Fewer patients who received pirfenidone had more than one progression event compared with placebo (17.0% vs 30.1%; P < .0001). Death following one or more progression event occurred less frequently in the pirfenidone group than in the placebo group (2.1% vs 6.3%; P = .0002).ConclusionsPirfenidone significantly reduced the incidence of multiple progression events and death after a progression event over 12 months of treatment compared with placebo. These findings suggest that continued treatment with pirfenidone confers a benefit despite the occurrence of any single disease progression event.Trial RegistryClinicalTrials.gov; Nos. NCT01366209, NCT00287716, and NCT00287729; URL: www.clinicaltrials.gov.Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

33 keywords...

hide…