The Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN) has opened an online survey to better understand how the COVID-19 outbreak is affecting people with rare diseases, their families, and caregivers. Survey questions cover a patient’s physical and mental health, supply of treatments, and access to healthcare, among other…
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The Phase 2b GALACTIC-1 trial testing Galecto’s candidate GB0139 as an inhalation therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has recruited more than 150 patients to date, remaining on track despite the current COVID-19 pandemic, the company announced. The study (NCT03832946), underway across centers in the U.S.,…
Algernon Pharmaceuticals received the first ethics approval for its Phase 2 clinical trial in Australia evaluating its repurposed compound NP-120 (ifenprodil) for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and associated chronic cough. Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital‘s Human Research Ethics Committee has approved two sites — the Cairns…
GB0139, Galecto’s lead compound to treat various fibrotic diseases of the lungs, has shown strong anti-fibrotic activity in a mouse model of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and in IPF patients in a completed Phase 2a trial. A randomized, double-blind and placebo controlled Phase 2b trial (NCT03832946)…
Loss of NEDD4-2 — a protein involved in the regulation of airway hydration and mucus clearance — leads to the onset and development of typical manifestations of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in adult mice, a study has found. These findings, along with the establishment of a new animal…
Severe fatigue is common among people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and pulmonary sarcoidosis, and is associated with worse shortness of breath, depression, catastrophizing, and quality of life, a new study suggests. The study, “Severe Fatigue is Highly Prevalent in Patients with IPF or…
Mechanical ventilation is associated with higher mortality rates in hospitalized patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and acute respiratory failure who previously received high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy, study says. Future studies are needed to establish strategies for patients to safely transition from oxygen therapy to…
Avalyn Pharma announced that it has raised $35.5 million in Series B funding to expand its pipeline and support clinical trials into AP01, its investigational inhalation treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD). The company also reported recently completing enrollment for a clinical…
A cell therapy based on human and rat lung progenitor cells — called lung spheroid cells — reduced scarring (fibrosis) when infused in two rat models of pulmonary fibrosis (PF), a study has found. The safety and efficacy of human LSCs is expected to be tested in a Phase…
While there are few silver linings to the cloud created by COVID-19, the pandemic that has killed tens of thousands, hobbled economies worldwide and drove millions to quarantine in their homes, one may be a new appreciation of telemedicine. “If something good could come out of this crisis, it’s that…
