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Fibrosing ILD Biomarkers That Rule Acceleration

Study Purpose

FIBRALUNG is a prospective cohort study with biobank of samples from patients with pulmonary fibrosis, aiming to explore the molecular determinants of different clinical outcomes, acute exacerbations and mortality. We expect to gain deeper insight into fibroproliferative common pathways, particularly between idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, paving the way for new biomarkers that reflect the progressive phenotype, that eventually will support new targeted therapies. Other idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung diseases and sarcoidosis patients will be also recruited and their biological samples stored for further analyses.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms	Yes
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 - 80 Years
Gender	All

More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients aged between 18-80 years.

- People undergoing blood collection, lung biopsy and/or BAL as part of their diagnostic workup.

- Willingness to undergo the follow-up protocol evaluations.

- Treatment-naïve for disease-modifying drugs.

- An HRCT scan performed within the last 12 months showing ≥10% fibrosis extent of the lungs.

Exclusion Criteria:

- People who cannot give informed consent.

- Pregnancy

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.	NCT05635032
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.	Universidade do Porto
Principal Investigator The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.	Helder Novais Bastos, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator Affiliation	Universidade do Porto
Agency Class Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.	Other
Overall Status	Recruiting
Countries	Portugal
Conditions The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.	Pulmonary Fibrosis, Sarcoidosis
Study Website:	View Trial Website

Arms & Interventions

Arms

: IPF

Patients with Idiophatic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), serving as a prototype of a progressive fibroproliferative disorder.

: Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis (non-IPF)

Patients with non-IPF interstitial lung diseases, presenting a progressive fibrosing phenotype, or acute exacerbations.

: Non-Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis (non-IPF)

Patients with fibrotic non-IPF interstitial lung diseases that are stable during a minimum follow-up of 24 months.

Interventions

Other: - Comprehensive clinical assessment and biological samples collection

To establish the first Portuguese registry and biobank of PF-ILDs, comprising both extensive patient-level data, and systematic biological sampling (DNA, RNA, plasma, serum, bronchoalveolar lavage, lung tissue) at baseline and repeated biological sampling of blood and pharyngeal swabs performed at 6, 12 and 18 months, or whenever progression criteria are met or an acute exacerbation occurs. Participants will have regular visits at maximum intervals of 6 months, when their clinical condition and lung function tests are reassessed. A high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scan of the lung will be performed every 12 months. Progressive fibrosis will be diagnosed based on meeting at least two of the following three criteria, occurring within the last year: (i) worsening of symptoms; (ii) absolute decline in FVC ≥5% predicted or absolute decline in DLCO (corrected for Hb) ≥10% predicted; (iii) increased extent of fibrotic changes on HRCT.

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