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Dyspnea and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Study Purpose

Longitudinal prospective exploratory study on the evolution of dyspnea, in its sensory and affective dimensions, in patients followed for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), between inclusion and a 6-month evaluation

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms	No
Study Type An interventional clinical study is where participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or health-related outcomes. An observational clinical study is where participants identified as belonging to study groups are assessed for biomedical or health outcomes. Searching Both is inclusive of interventional and observational studies.	Observational
Eligible Ages	18 Years and Over
Gender	All

More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- diagnosis of IPF according to ATS/ERS guidelines.

- dyspnea at rest (VAS ≥ 1) or on exertion (mMRC ≥ 1)
Exclusion Criteria:
- diffuse interstitial lung disease other than IPF.

- other significant chronic pathology that may cause dyspnea: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, heart failure, anemia, obesity (non-exhaustive list), except for pulmonary hypertension

Trial Details

Trial ID: This trial id was obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, providing information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants with locations in all 50 States and in 196 countries.	NCT04864990
Phase Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans. Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data. Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs. Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use.
Lead Sponsor The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.	University Hospital, Lille
Principal Investigator The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.	Cécile Chenivesse, MD,PhD
Principal Investigator Affiliation	University Hospital, Lille
Agency Class Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.	Other
Overall Status	Recruiting
Countries	France
Conditions The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.	Pulmonary Fibrosis

Additional Details

Dyspnea is a multidimensional experience involving a sensory component and an affective component. To better understand this symptom in IPF, this study will describe the different component of dyspnea and their evolution between inclusion and a 6-month evaluation in IPF patients. There is no strong correlation between the intensity of dyspnea and respiratory function impairments. Innovative techniques demonstrated abnormalities in ventilation variability and pulmonary compliance in patients with interstitial lung disease. These abnormalities could be more relevant to explain dyspnea. The objective of this work is also to assess the link between the different dimensions of dyspnea and respiratory functional parameters, ventilation variability and ventilatory mechanics measured by impulse oscillometry technique.

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