Efficacy and safety of pirfenidone for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 361-370

  Takeda, Yoshito ^a   Tsujino, Kazuyuki ^b   Kijima, Takashi ^a   Kumanogoh, Atsushi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kinki Central Hospital of Mutual Association of Public School Teachers   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti fibrotic drugs; Efficacy; Pirfenidone; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AZATHIOPRINE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NINTEDANIB; PIRFENIDONE; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DECREASED APPETITE; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; FATIGUE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER TOXICITY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

EID: 84897147886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S37233     Document Type: Review

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