Anti-acid therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: insights from the INPULSIS® trials.
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The benefits and risks of anti-acid medication in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) remain a topic of debate. We investigated whether use of anti-acid medication at baseline was associated with differences in the natural course of disease or influenced the treatment effect of nintedanib in patients with IPF. METHODS:Post-hoc analyses of outcomes in patients receiving versus not receiving anti-acid medication (proton pump or histamine-2 receptor inhibitor) at baseline using pooled data from the two Phase III randomized placebo-controlled INPULSIS® trials of nintedanib in patients with IPF. RESULTS:At baseline, 406 patients were receiving anti-acid medication (244 nintedanib; 162 placebo) and 655 were not (394 nintedanib; 261 placebo). In an analysis of the natural course of IPF by anti-acid medication use at baseline, the adjusted annual rate of decline in FVC was -?252.9 mL/year in placebo-treated patients who were receiving anti-acid medication at baseline and?-?205.4 mL/year in placebo-treated patients who were not (difference of -?47.5 mL/year [95% CI: -105.1, 10.1]; p?=?0.1057). In an analysis of the potential influence of anti-acid medication use on the treatment effect of nintedanib, the adjusted annual rates of decline in FVC were?-?124.4 mL/year in the nintedanib group and?-?252.9 mL/year in the placebo group (difference of 128.6 mL/year [95% CI: 74.9, 182.2]) in patients who were receiving anti-acid medication at baseline and?-?107.0 mL/year in the nintedanib group and?-?205.3 mL/year in the placebo group (difference of 98.3 mL/year [95% CI: 54.1, 142.5]) in patients who were not (treatment-by-time-by-subgroup interaction p?=?0.3869). The proportions of patients who had ?1 investigator-reported acute exacerbation were 11.7% and 5.0% in placebo-treated patients, and 4.9% and 4.8% of nintedanib-treated patients, among patients who were and were not receiving anti-acid medication at baseline, respectively. CONCLUSIONS:In post-hoc analyses of data from the INPULSIS® trials, anti-acid medication use at baseline was not associated with a more favorable course of disease, and did not impact the treatment effect of nintedanib, in patients with IPF. TRIAL REGISTRATION:ClinicalTrials.gov identifiers: NCT01335464 and NCT01335477 .
SUBMITTER: Costabel U
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6122773 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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