Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Conditions
Brief summary
This is a multicenter prospective registry of IPF patients in South Korea. The Seoul National University Bundang Hospital is the coordination center for the Korean IPF Registry built by a collaboration of the Korean Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD) Study Group.
Detailed description
Korean ILD Study Group includes investigators of 30 hospitals. Demographic, pulmonary function, laboratory data, chest CT findings and hospital course of IPF patients are collected.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* IPF patients diagnosed by multidisciplinary discussion
Exclusion criteria
* Other interstitial lung diseases except for IPF * connective tissue disease-related ILD * exposure-related ILD
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| survival of IPF | through study completion, an average of 1 year | lung function change (FVC, DLCO) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| survival | through study completion, an average of 1 year | death rate |
| acute exacerbation | through study completion, an average of 1 year | rate of acute exacerbation |
| incidence of comorbidity | through study completion, an average of 1 year | incidence of lung cancer |
Countries
South Korea