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UK approves Phase 2 trial for IPF therapy candidate LTI-03

Rein Therapeutics is working with clinical sites to begin recruiting patients in the U.K. for its Phase 2 trial of LTI-03, a therapy candidate for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), after receiving approval from the country’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). “This MHRA approval marks an important…

KL-6 protein levels may predict symptom worsening in IPF: Study

Consistently tracking the levels of Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6), a protein that can indicate lung inflammation or damage, may help predict acute exacerbations in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and other types of fibrotic interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), a study reports. Findings indicated that KL-6 levels tended…

Machine learning helps construct diagnostic models for IPF

Researchers in China used machine learning — a type of artificial intelligence in which computers detect patterns in datasets and then make predictions — to create diagnostic and prognostic models for use in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Using the new models, the team observed gene activity changes suggestive of…

Nalbuphine ER treatment greatly reduced cough in IPF

Treatment with Trevi Therapeutics’ nalbuphine extended-release (ER) tablets significantly reduced daily coughing frequency in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and chronic cough. That’s according to top-line data from the Phase 2b CORAL trial (NCT05964335), which is evaluating three doses of the experimental oral therapy against a…