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Using a specialized lab technique, a collaborative U.S. research team identified cellular changes in the body that could be early drivers of lung scarring (fibrosis) in people with pulmonary fibrosis (PF). That’s according to the findings of a new study in which the researchers, from three universities, exposed lung…

The inhalation therapy Tyvaso (treprostinil) significantly improved a measure of lung function for people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in a Phase 3 clinical trial. The top-line result means that the Phase 3 TETON 2 clinical trial (NCT05255991) has met its main goal. Tyvaso’s developer, United…

September is Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month, and organizations around the world are gearing up to educate others and bring attention to pulmonary fibrosis (PF) — and also interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), which are disorders marked by scarring in the lungs. “We urgently need broader awareness because with it…

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…

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…

Treatment with GRI Bio‘s investigational oral therapy GRI-0621 appears to reduce markers of fibrosis, or scarring, in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), according to an interim analysis of biomarker data from an ongoing Phase 2a clinical trial. “These 6-week interim biomarker data, while early and based on…

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…

CS014, a treatment candidate for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), was found to be safe and well tolerated in healthy volunteers in a Phase 1 clinical trial, according to new data from developer Cereno Scientific. Further, the experimental medication reached levels in the bloodstream that the company predicts will…

Endeavor Biomedicines’ oral treatment candidate taladegib (ENV-101) has been granted orphan drug designation in the U.S. and the European Union as a treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) In both regions, orphan drug status is intended to incentivize the development of medications for rare diseases. In the EU,…

An experimental oral therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has been tolerated well in an ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial, according to interim data announced by its developer GRI Bio. After reviewing interim data from 24 patients treated with GRI-0621 for six weeks, an independent data monitoring…