Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Lessons from clinical trials over the past 25 years

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Raghu, Ganesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMBRISENTAN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BOSENTAN; ETANERCEPT; GAMMA1B INTERFERON; IMATINIB; MACITENTAN; NINTEDANIB; PIRFENIDONE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; SILDENAFIL; SIMTUZUMAB; WARFARIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PYRIDONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STUDY DESIGN; TRIPLET CHEMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; INDOLES; PYRIDONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85049026255     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01209-2017     Document Type: Review

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