BACKGROUND: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic progressive lung disease with poor outcome and no effective treatment to date. This is an update of a Cochrane Review first published in 2003.OBJECTIVES: To assess the efficacy of non-steroid agents in adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.SEARCH STRATEGY: We searched the Cochrane Airways Group Register (30 March 2010), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (The Cochrane Library, Issue 1, 2010), Ovid MEDLINE to March week 5, 2010, EMBASE to week 13, 2010 and PubMed to April 2010, with additional handsearching, including abstracts of international conferences. We also contacted pharmaceutical companies and researchers in the field.SELECTION CRITERIA: Randomised studies comparing non-steroid drugs with placebo or steroids in adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Two authors independently assessed trial quality, extracted data and assessed risk of bias. We contacted pharmaceutical companies to obtain missing information, if any. We combined survival outcomes using Peto odds ratios or hazard ratios (HR).MAIN RESULTS: Fifteen trials involving 10 different drugs were included. Two trials enrolling 1156 patients compared interferon gamma-1beta with placebo: interferon gamma-1beta did not significantly improve survival (HR 0.88, 95% CI 0.47 to 1.64; P = 0.68). Four trials involving 1155 patients compared pirfenidone with placebo. Three trials, conducted in 1046 patients, provided data on progression-free survival: pirfenidone significantly reduced the risk of disease progression by 30% (HR 0.70, 95% CI 0.56 to 0.88, P = 0.002). Data on the effect of pirfenidone on pulmonary function could only be assessed for two studies analysing 314 patients. Forced vital capacity or vital capacity was significantly improved by pirfenidone (mean difference 0.08 L, 95% CI 0.03 to 0.13, P = 0.0006).AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: Based on available data, partly still unpublished, pirfenidone appears to improve progression-free survival and, to a lesser extent, pulmonary function in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. More data are needed on overall survival and quality of life on treatment. From the studies in this review, interferon gamma-1beta has not been shown to affect survival. Other agents evaluated in single studies either failed to provide evidence for a benefit or need to be assessed in larger randomised controlled trials.

Non-steroid agents for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis / Spagnolo, Paolo; Del Giovane, C.; Luppi, F.; Cerri, Stefania; Balduzzi, Sara; Walters, Eh; D'Amico, Roberto; Richeldi, Luca. - In: COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS. - ISSN 1469-493X. - ELETTRONICO. - 8 (9):(2010), pp. CD003134-non disponibile. [10.1002/14651858.CD003134.pub2]

Non-steroid agents for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

SPAGNOLO, Paolo;C. Del Giovane;CERRI, Stefania;BALDUZZI, Sara;D'AMICO, Roberto;RICHELDI, Luca
2010

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic progressive lung disease with poor outcome and no effective treatment to date. This is an update of a Cochrane Review first published in 2003.OBJECTIVES: To assess the efficacy of non-steroid agents in adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.SEARCH STRATEGY: We searched the Cochrane Airways Group Register (30 March 2010), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (The Cochrane Library, Issue 1, 2010), Ovid MEDLINE to March week 5, 2010, EMBASE to week 13, 2010 and PubMed to April 2010, with additional handsearching, including abstracts of international conferences. We also contacted pharmaceutical companies and researchers in the field.SELECTION CRITERIA: Randomised studies comparing non-steroid drugs with placebo or steroids in adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Two authors independently assessed trial quality, extracted data and assessed risk of bias. We contacted pharmaceutical companies to obtain missing information, if any. We combined survival outcomes using Peto odds ratios or hazard ratios (HR).MAIN RESULTS: Fifteen trials involving 10 different drugs were included. Two trials enrolling 1156 patients compared interferon gamma-1beta with placebo: interferon gamma-1beta did not significantly improve survival (HR 0.88, 95% CI 0.47 to 1.64; P = 0.68). Four trials involving 1155 patients compared pirfenidone with placebo. Three trials, conducted in 1046 patients, provided data on progression-free survival: pirfenidone significantly reduced the risk of disease progression by 30% (HR 0.70, 95% CI 0.56 to 0.88, P = 0.002). Data on the effect of pirfenidone on pulmonary function could only be assessed for two studies analysing 314 patients. Forced vital capacity or vital capacity was significantly improved by pirfenidone (mean difference 0.08 L, 95% CI 0.03 to 0.13, P = 0.0006).AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: Based on available data, partly still unpublished, pirfenidone appears to improve progression-free survival and, to a lesser extent, pulmonary function in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. More data are needed on overall survival and quality of life on treatment. From the studies in this review, interferon gamma-1beta has not been shown to affect survival. Other agents evaluated in single studies either failed to provide evidence for a benefit or need to be assessed in larger randomised controlled trials.
2010
8 (9)
CD003134
non disponibile
Non-steroid agents for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis / Spagnolo, Paolo; Del Giovane, C.; Luppi, F.; Cerri, Stefania; Balduzzi, Sara; Walters, Eh; D'Amico, Roberto; Richeldi, Luca. - In: COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS. - ISSN 1469-493X. - ELETTRONICO. - 8 (9):(2010), pp. CD003134-non disponibile. [10.1002/14651858.CD003134.pub2]
Spagnolo, Paolo; Del Giovane, C.; Luppi, F.; Cerri, Stefania; Balduzzi, Sara; Walters, Eh; D'Amico, Roberto; Richeldi, Luca
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