J 2019

Effect of pirfenidone on lung function decline and survival: 5-yr experience from a real-life IPF cohort from the Czech EMPIRE registry

ZURKOVA, Monika; Eva KRIEGOVA; Vitezslav KOLEK; Vladimira LOSTAKOVA; Martina STERCLOVA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Effect of pirfenidone on lung function decline and survival: 5-yr experience from a real-life IPF cohort from the Czech EMPIRE registry

Authors

ZURKOVA, Monika (203 Czech Republic); Eva KRIEGOVA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor); Vitezslav KOLEK (203 Czech Republic); Vladimira LOSTAKOVA (203 Czech Republic); Martina STERCLOVA (203 Czech Republic); Vladimir BARTOS (203 Czech Republic); Martina DOUBKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution); Ilona BINKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic); Michal SVOBODA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution); Jana STRENKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution); Marketa JANOTOVA (203 Czech Republic); Martina PLACKOVA (203 Czech Republic); Ladislav LACINA (203 Czech Republic); Vladimir RIHAK (203 Czech Republic); Frantisek PETRIK (203 Czech Republic); Pavlina LISA (203 Czech Republic); Radka BITTENGLOVA (203 Czech Republic); Richard TYL (203 Czech Republic); Gustav ONDREJKA (203 Czech Republic); Hana SULDOVA (203 Czech Republic); Jaroslav LNENICKA (203 Czech Republic); Jana PSIKALOVA (203 Czech Republic); Tomas SNIZEK (203 Czech Republic); Jiri HOMOLKA (203 Czech Republic); Renata KRALOVA (203 Czech Republic); Jan KERVITZER (203 Czech Republic) and Martina VASAKOVA (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

RESPIRATORY RESEARCH, LONDON, BMC, 2019, 1465-993X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

30203 Respiratory systems

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

References:

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/19:00109452

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

UT WoS

000458078000002

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85060202895

Keywords in English

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Pirfenidone; Mortality prediction; Disease progression

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Changed: 2/6/2020 13:56, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová

Abstract

In the original language

Pirfenidone, an antifibrotic drug, slows-down the disease progression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) over 12 months, however limited data on the decline of lung function and overall survival (OS) in real-world cohorts on longer follow-up exists. Of the enrolled Czech IPF patients (n = 841) from an EMPIRE registry, 383 (45.5%) received pirfenidone, 218 (25.9%) no-antifibrotic treatment and 240 (28.5%) were excluded (missing data, nintedanib treatment). The 2- and 5-yrs OS and forced vital capacity (FVC) and diffusing lung capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO) were investigated at treatment initiation and 6, 12, 18 and 24 months' follow-up. During a 2-yr follow-up, less than a quarter of the patients progressed on pirfenidone as assessed by the decline of ae10% FVC (17.0%) and ae 15% DLCO (14.3%). On pirfenidone, the DLCO (ae10%) declines at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months' and DLCO (ae15%) declines at 6, 18 and 24 months' follow-up were associated with increased mortality. The DLCO decline showed higher predictive value for mortality than FVC decline. In patients with no-antifibrotics, FVC and DLCO declines were not predictive for mortality. Pirfenidone increased 5-yrs OS over no-antifibrotic treatment (55.9% vs 31.5% alive, P = 0.002). Our study observed the 2-yrs sustained effect of pirfenidone on the decline of lung function and survival in the real-world patient's IPF cohort. DLCO decline of ae10% shows a potential as a mortality predictor in IPF patients on pirfenidone, and should be routinely evaluated during follow-up examinations.