Lindsey Shapiro, PhD, science writer —

Researchers have identified immune cell populations that could be used to help distinguish fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a study suggests. People with hypersensitivity pneumonitis, which is a rare type of pulmonary fibrosis (PF), show elevated levels of certain types of immune cells in the…

This September, supporters will participate in advocacy, educational, and fundraising activities intended to raise awareness about pulmonary fibrosis (PF) and interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) in honor of PF Awareness Month. As it does each year, the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) will play a central role in the…

An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison have received nearly $11 million to study the biological processes that promote lung scarring in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Funding comes from a four-year grant (HT94252410543) provided by the U.S. Department of Defense. The research will be…

A Phase 2a clinical trial testing the safety of treatment candidate INS018_055 among idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients in the U.S. is still seeking participants, while a parallel trial in China has now completed enrollment. That’s according to an update from Insilico Medicine, which developed the oral therapy with…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Fibresolve, an AI or artificial intelligence-based software that’s designed to help — noninvasively — in the diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and other lung diseases marked by fibrosis, or scar tissue buildup. This marks the first FDA clearance of…

Trevi Therapeutics has launched a Phase 2b clinical trial testing therapeutic candidate Haduvio (nalbuphine extended-release tablets) for the treatment of chronic cough in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The Phase 2b trial, CORAL (NCT05964335), plans to enroll about 160 adults with IPF and chronic cough. No…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given GRI Bio the green light to conduct a Phase 2 trial of its investigational natural killer T-cell (NKT)-targeted therapy, GRI-0621, in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). With the clearance of its investigational new drug (IND) application, the company…

Treatment with AP01, Avalyn Pharma‘s experimental inhaled formulation of pirfenidone, appears to be slightly more effective for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) than the oral version, which is sold as Esbriet, and results in fewer side effects. AP01’s efficacy and safety profiles with progressive forms of pulmonary…

The first patients have been dosed in the Phase 2 REVERTIPF trial testing Tvardi Therapeutics’ investigational therapy TTI-101 in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). TTI-101 is an oral small molecule inhibitor of STAT3, a protein implicated in pulmonary fibrosis (PF), as well as certain types of cancer. The…

Scientists have developed a way to use engineered specialized stem cells to regenerate healthy airway tissues, offering a potential avenue for treating chronic lung diseases like pulmonary fibrosis (PF). In a pair of proof-of-concept preclinical studies published in Cell Stem Cell, scientists described how they engineered lung stem…