FVC variability in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and role of 6-min walk test to predict further change
Steven D. Nathan, Ming Yang, Elizabeth Morgenthien, John L. Stauffer
Abstract
<b>Variability in 3-month changes in FVC was examined in 954 patients with IPF (n=3966 observations) from phase 3 trials; concurrent 3-month decline in the FVC and 6MWD (n=1321 observations) predicted further decline in FVC over the subsequent 3 months</b>http://bit.ly/2GfBKW3
Topics & Concepts
MedicineInternal medicineCardiologyInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisOccupational and environmental lung diseasesChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research