Efficacy and Safety of Nintedanib in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Author(s) -
Luca Richeldi,
Roland M. du Bois,
Ganesh Raghu,
Arata Azuma,
Kevin M. Brown,
Ulrich Costabel,
Vincent Cottin,
Kevin Flaherty,
David M. Hansell,
Yoshikazu Inoue,
Dong Soon Kim,
Martin Kolb,
Andrew G. Nicholson,
Paul W. Noble,
Moisés Selman,
Hiroyuki Taniguchi,
Michèle Brun,
Florence Le Maulf,
M Girard,
Susanne Stowasser,
Rozsa SchlenkerHerceg,
Bernd Disse,
Harold R. Collard
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1402584
Subject(s) - nintedanib , medicine , idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis , placebo , exacerbation , vital capacity , clinical endpoint , gastroenterology , clinical trial , pathology , lung , lung function , alternative medicine , diffusing capacity
Nintedanib (formerly known as BIBF 1120) is an intracellular inhibitor that targets multiple tyrosine kinases. A phase 2 trial suggested that treatment with 150 mg of nintedanib twice daily reduced lung-function decline and acute exacerbations in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
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