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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…

Tumor suppressor microRNA prevents lung scarring, study finds

Let-7, an established tumor suppressor microRNA that controls gene activity, plays a key role in lung tissue repair and the development of pulmonary fibrosis (PF), which is marked by scarring of the lungs, a study discovered. Mice lacking let-7 in lung cells spontaneously develop lung injury, demonstrating that the…

Nerandomilast slows lung function decline in IPF, PPF: Clinical trials

Nerandomilast, Boehringer Ingelheim’s investigational oral therapy, significantly slowed lung function decline in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) after a year of treatment, according to final data from two Phase 3 clinical trials. FIBRONEER-IPF (NCT05321069) enrolled 1,177 IPF patients, while FIBRONEER-ILD…

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