QUALIFY IPF: Investigating Trends in Quality of Life in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Under Treatment With Nintedanib
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Multi-center, non-interventional, prospective cohort study aiming to enroll 240 Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis patients receiving treatment with nintedanib in a consecutive manner from 10-12 reference centers across Greece.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Subjects with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
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Drug: Nintedanib
diagnosed IPF patients initiating treatment with nintedanib
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Mean change from baseline in Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) using SGRQ score [upto 52 weeks]
St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ)
Secondary Outcome Measures
- measurement of mean change from baseline of dyspnoea burden with modified Medical Research Council scale (mMRC) score [upto 12 months]
modified Medical Research Council scale (mMRC)
- measurement of mean change form baseline to the follow up period of cough burden with Cough-Visual Analogue scale (cough-VAS) [upto 12 months]
Cough-Visual Analogue scale (cough-VAS)
- Percentage of adhered patients to nintedanib treatment with Simplified Medication Adherence Questionnaire (SMAQ) [upto 52 weeks]
adapted for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)
- measurement of mean change of anxiety in IPF patients treated with nintedanib from baseline to follow up period via Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-7) Questionnaire [upto 52 weeks]
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-7) Questionnaire
- Percentage of patients that use LTOT [upto 52 weeks]
Long Term Oxygen Treatment (LTOT)
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Patients ≥40 years of age.
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Patients that have signed Informed Consent Form.
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Treatment naive patients with an initial IPF diagnosis no more than 3 months prior to enrolment according to 2011 American Thoracic Society (ATS)/ European Respiratory Society (ERS)/ Japanese Respiratory Society (JRS)/Latin American Thoracic Association (ALAT) guidelines who are initiating treatment with nintedanib (as monotherapy for IPF) the latest on the enrollement day or have initiated treatment with nintedanib (as monotherapy for IPF) within the past 7 days prior to enrolment.
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Patients for whom the decision to prescribe therapy with nintedanib according to the locally approved product's Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) has already been taken prior to their enrolment in the study and is clearly separated from the physician's decision to include the patient in the current study.
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Patients that are able to read, understand and complete the study specific questionnaires.
Exclusion Criteria:
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Treatment with nintedanib for more than 7 days prior to study enrolment.
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Patients receiving a combination therapy of nintedanib & pirfenidone for IPF.
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Patients that meet any of the contraindications to the administration of the study drug nintedanib according to the approved SmPC.
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Prior treatment with pirfenidone or other treatment for IPF.
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Participation in an interventional study.
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Patients currently receive treatment with any investigational drug/device/intervention or have received any investigational product within 1 month or 5 half-lives of the investigational agent (whichever is longer) before the initiation of therapy with nintedanib.
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | University General Hospital of Evros | Alexandroupoli | Greece | 68100 | |
2 | Gen. Hosp. of Chest Diseases "Sotiria", Univ. Resp. Med. | Athens | Greece | 11527 | |
3 | University General Hospital Attikon | Athens | Greece | 124 62 | |
4 | University Hospital of Heraklion, University Pulmonology Cl | Heraklion | Greece | 71100 | |
5 | Univ. Gen. Hosp. of Ioannina | Ioannina | Greece | 45 500 | |
6 | General Hospital of Kerkyra | Kerkyra | Greece | 49100 | |
7 | General University Hospital of Larissa | Larissa | Greece | 41110 | |
8 | Univ. Gen. Hosp. of Patras | Patras | Greece | 26504 | |
9 | A Pulmonology Clinic "G.Papanikolaou" Hospital Thessaloniki | Thessaloniki | Greece | 57010 | |
10 | General Hospital of Thessaloniki "G. Papanikolaou" | Thessaloniki | Greece | 57010 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Boehringer Ingelheim
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
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Additional Information:
Publications
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