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The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) said its two-year-old patient Community Registry achieved a “significant milestone” in its goal to drive more research and discoveries in pulmonary fibrosis (PF) and interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), reaching its 2,000th participant. The registry opened in July 2022 to provide scientists with…

In the U.K., patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) who live in economically deprived neighborhoods have worse survival outcomes than those living in more affluent areas, according to a recent study. The study also found that patients who live farther away from specialty care centers tend to have worse…

Pliant Therapeutics’ bexotegrast reversed the signs of lung scarring, while improving lung function and easing cough severity in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), according to top-line data from a small Phase 2a imaging trial. Using positron emission tomography (PET) scans, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital were able…

LTI-03, an inhaled therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) from Aileron Therapeutics, was able to reduce levels of several proteins known to promote tissue scarring in the first group of patients participating in a Phase 1b trial, data from the trial showed. The trial (NCT05954988) is assessing…

Endeavor BioMedicines has raised $132.5 million toward the clinical development of its pipeline programs, including ENV-101, an investigational oral treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Results from a recent Phase 2a trial (NCT04968574) showed ENV-101 was generally well tolerated, reduced tissue scarring, or fibrosis, and improved lung…

Researchers have developed an inhalable prototype medicine that may be able to repair lung scarring caused by idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) by stimulating the growth of stem cells directly in the lungs, a study reports. The study provides pharmacological proof of concept for an upcoming Phase 1 clinical trial…

Enrollment has been completed for a Phase 2b trial that’s testing LYT-100 (deupirfenidone), PureTech Health’s experimental therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The trial, called ELEVATE IPF (NCT05321420), is assessing the safety, efficacy, and dosing regimen of LYT-100 in 240 adults with IPF, compared with a placebo.

Low doses of controlled-release morphine, a natural opioid derived from the opium poppy, may reduce the frequency of daytime cough in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), according to data from a Phase 2 clinical trial. In the trial, called PACIFY COUGH (NCT04429516), patients who were experiencing persistent…

Pliant Therapeutics’ Phase 2b BEACON-IPF trial testing bexotegrast, an investigational oral treatment, in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is now a pivotal, adaptive Phase 2b/3 trial. Accepted by European Union and global health authorities, the implementation of the adaptive design is expected to markedly shorten the therapy’s…

Almee, a behavioral therapy app designed to help ease anxiety in people with pulmonary fibrosis (PF), has been granted breakthrough device designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA gives this designation to medical devices that have the potential to provide a more effective treatment or…