Surfactant protein A as a biomarker of outcomes of anti-fibrotic drug therapy in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and fibrosing lung disease with poor prognosis. Pirfenidone and nintedanib are anti-fibrotic drugs used for patients with IPF. These drugs reduce the rate of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC). Serum surfactant protein (SP)-A, SP-D, and Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6) are monitoring and prognostic biomarkers in patients with IPF; however, their relationship with the therapeutic outcomes of anti-fibrotic drugs has not been investigated. We aim to clarify whether serum SP-A, SP-D, and KL-6 reflect therapeutic outcomes of pirfenidone and nintedanib administration in patients with IPF. METHODS:We retrospectively investigated patients with IPF who were initiated on pirfenidone or nintedanib administration between January 2014 and June 2018 at our hospital. Changes in clinical parameters and serum SP-A, SP-D, and KL-6 levels were evaluated. Patients with ?10% decline in FVC or???15% decline in diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLco) from baseline to 6?months were classified as progression group, while the other patients were classified as stable group. RESULTS:Forty-nine patients were included (pirfenidone, 23; nintedanib, 26). Stable group comprised 32 patients, while progression group comprised 17 patients. In the stable group, changes in SP-A and KL-6 from baseline to 3 and 6?months significantly decreased compared with the progression group (SP-A: 3?months -?6.0% vs 16.7%, 6?months -?10.2% vs 20.2%, KL-6: 3?months -?9.2% vs 6.7%, 6?months -?15.0% vs 12.1%, p?
SUBMITTER: Yoshikawa T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6995128 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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