By mean of registry of newly diagnosed Chinese IPF patients from more than 15 sites, this study aims to build IPF prospective cohort, set up normative clinical database and a biological specimen bank, and examine the clinical characteristics of newly diagnosed Chinese IPF patients, as well as the nature history, prognosis, comorbidities and complications of IPF patients in China, the current treatment pattern, burden of illness, and quality of life of Chinese IPF patients.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
800
Huaping Dai
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
RECRUITINGDemographic and clinical characteristic of newly diagnosed Chinese IPF patients
Data analyses will be mainly descriptive.
Time frame: up to 5 years
Mortality in Chinese patients with IPF
Mortality will be showed as percentage.
Time frame: up to 5 years
Cause of death in Chinese patients with IPF
Cause of death: a. IPF-related: i. Respiratory failure: Pulmonary failure leads to impaired gas exchange, i.e. hypoxemia and/or hypercapnia ii. Acute exacerbation of IPF (as defined below) iii. Other aspects related to IPF (please specify); b. Concomitant conditions: i. Coronary heart disease ii. Cerebrovascular disease iii. Pneumonia/respiratory tract infection iv. Pulmonary embolism v. Pulmonary hypertension or pulmonary hypertension/right heart failure vi. Lung cancer; c. Other causes; d. Unknown. Cause of death will be showed as categorical variable, and the counts and percentile ratios will be statistically counted.
Time frame: up to 5 years
Progression-free survival in Chinese patients with IPF
Patients without the following events: 1. Death 2. Lung transplantation 3. Acute exacerbation 4. Require long-term oxygen therapy 5. Hospitalization for respiratory reasons The unit of progression-free survival is day.
Time frame: up to 5 years
Description of the acute exacerbations in Chinese patients with IPF
Acute exacerbation of IPF (AE-IPF) 1. Previous diagnosis or simultaneous diagnosis of IPF; 2. Symptoms generally manifest as dyspnea with acute exacerbations or progression within 1 month; 3. Chest CT shows new bilateral glass ground or solid shadows on the basis of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP); 4. Exacerbations cannot be completely explained by heart failure or increased volume load. The incidence of the acute exacerbation will be showed as percentage.
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Time frame: up to 5 years