Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
Conditions
Interventions
Patients with IPF presenting with lung-kidney qi deficiency syndrome:None
IPF patients with lung-kidney qi deficiency syndrome complicated by blood stasis:None
IPF patients with lung-kidney qi deficiency syndrome accompanied by phlegm-heat:None
Healthy control group:None
Sponsors
Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 85 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Age = 18 years old; 2) Healthy subjects meet physical examination standards; IPF patients meet disease diagnostic criteria and TCM syndrome diagnostic standards; 3) Subjects are fully informed about the study and have signed an informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Concomitant other respiratory diseases that may cause coughing, wheezing, or dyspnea, such as bronchiectasis, cor pulmonale, asthma, COPD, etc.; 2) Patients with severe primary diseases of the cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, or hematopoietic systems; 3) Patients with psychiatric disorders; 4) Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding; 5) Patients with concurrent tumors, or congenital or acquired immunodeficiency.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Differentially expressed molecules and ceRNA regulatory networks; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactYang Li
Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed