According to data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service in 2023, there are an estimated 15,000 patients ...

Long COVID patients with abnormal lung CT scans could prove key to preventing pulmonary fibrosis. ... Northwestern Medicine scientists combined state-of-the-art gene expression technology and CT ...

Interstitial lung abnormalities (ILAs) are parenchymal lung changes found on high-resolution CT. In routine use of high-resolution CT, non-specific findings are frequently reported, which has prompted ...

Panelists discuss how progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), though distinct in etiology, share a common trajectory of irreversible lung scarring and ...

By studying long COVID patients with abnormal lung CT scans, Northwestern Medicine researchers may have found a cellular commonality in many types of pulmonary fibrosis, which could lead to ...

In this randomized controlled trial, treatment with nerandomilast led to slower declines in forced vital capacity (FVC) in patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis over 52 weeks 2. The occurrence ...

Pulmonary Fibrosis/Interstitial Lung Disease Program Contact Information. UAB Interstitial Lung Disease Program THT 422, 1900 University Boulevard Birmingham, AL 35294-0006 Phone: (205) 934-7557 Fax: ...

Nerandomilast significantly reduces the decline in forced vital capacity in adults with progressive pulmonary fibrosis over 52 ... therapy and fibrotic patterns observed on high-resolution CT.

Boehringer sells a widely used treatment for pulmonary fibrosis – Ofev (nintedanib) – and also has an experimental candidate called nerandolimast in phase 3 testing, with new clinical results ...

'Idiopathic' pulmonary fibrosis implies pulmonary fibrosis or thickening/stiffening/scarring of lung tissue without a cause, ... If they meet the criteria -- their CT has a certain appearance.