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Time to diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the IPF-PRO Registry.

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Snyder, LD; Mosher, C; Holtze, CH; Lancaster, LH; Flaherty, KR; Noth, I; Neely, ML; Hellkamp, AS; Bender, S; Conoscenti, CS; de Andrade, JA ...
Published in: BMJ Open Respir Res
July 2020

BACKGROUND: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive disease with high mortality. Patient characteristics associated with diagnostic delays are not well described. METHODS: Subjects who had not been diagnosed with IPF prior to referral and received a new diagnosis of IPF at an enrolling centre for the IPF-PRO (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Prospective Outcomes) Registry were characterised as having a longer (>1 year) or shorter (≤1 year) time from symptom onset to diagnosis and from first imaging evidence of fibrosis to diagnosis. Patient characteristics, evaluations and time to death or lung transplant were compared between these cohorts. RESULTS: Among 347 patients with a symptom onset date, 49% were diagnosed with IPF >1 year after symptom onset. These patients were slightly younger and had more cardiac comorbidities than patients diagnosed ≤1 year after symptom onset. Among 454 patients with a date for imaging evidence of fibrosis, 78% were diagnosed with IPF ≤1 year later. A greater proportion of patients with >1 year versus ≤1 year from imaging evidence of fibrosis to diagnosis had cardiac comorbidities and gastro-oesophageal reflux. There was no significant difference in time to death or lung transplant between groups by time to diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS: The time from symptom onset to diagnosis remains over 1 year in approximately half of the patients with IPF, but once imaging evidence is obtained, most of the patients are diagnosed within a year. Cardiac conditions and gastro-oesophageal disorders were more commonly reported in patients with a longer time to diagnosis.

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BMJ Open Respir Res

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2052-4439

Publication Date

July 2020

Volume

7

Issue

1

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Time Factors
  • Registries
  • Prospective Studies
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Lung Transplantation
  • Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Humans
  • Female
 

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Snyder, L. D., Mosher, C., Holtze, C. H., Lancaster, L. H., Flaherty, K. R., Noth, I., … Whelan, T. P. (2020). Time to diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the IPF-PRO Registry. BMJ Open Respir Res, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000567
Snyder, Laurie D., Christopher Mosher, Colin H. Holtze, Lisa H. Lancaster, Kevin R. Flaherty, Imre Noth, Megan L. Neely, et al. “Time to diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the IPF-PRO Registry.BMJ Open Respir Res 7, no. 1 (July 2020). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000567.
Snyder LD, Mosher C, Holtze CH, Lancaster LH, Flaherty KR, Noth I, et al. Time to diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the IPF-PRO Registry. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2020 Jul;7(1).
Snyder, Laurie D., et al. “Time to diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the IPF-PRO Registry.BMJ Open Respir Res, vol. 7, no. 1, July 2020. Pubmed, doi:10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000567.
Snyder LD, Mosher C, Holtze CH, Lancaster LH, Flaherty KR, Noth I, Neely ML, Hellkamp AS, Bender S, Conoscenti CS, de Andrade JA, Whelan TP. Time to diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the IPF-PRO Registry. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2020 Jul;7(1).

Published In

BMJ Open Respir Res

DOI

EISSN

2052-4439

Publication Date

July 2020

Volume

7

Issue

1

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Time Factors
  • Registries
  • Prospective Studies
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Lung Transplantation
  • Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Humans
  • Female