About this trial
This study will explore how adults in Japan with pulmonary fibrosis decide whether to continue or discontinue antifibrotic therapy after experiencing antifibrotic therapy-related adverse events.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) participants in Japan. Note: This includes those clinically recognized as having idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) or progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF).
Participants who are ≥18 years of age at the time of providing informed consent via the web-based system.
Participants receiving outpatient care for pulmonary fibrosis (PF) who have been introduced to this study by a referring physician.
Participants who have a history of taking, or are currently taking, pirfenidone, nintedanib, or nerandomilast.
Disqualifiers
Participants currently participating in any interventional clinical trials (regardless of the study drug, excluding observational studies).
Participants who have undergone lung transplantation.
Discontinuation group only 1) Participants who discontinued AF therapy solely for reasons other than AE (e.g., financial reasons, disease progression).
Trial population
The study population will include adults diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis (PF) in Japan who have a history of taking, or are currently taking, pirfenidone, nintedanib, or nerandomilast treatment who have experienced treatment related adverse events.
Trial design
Case-control
Cross-sectional
Treatments tested in this trial
Antifibrotic therapy
DrugAs per product label prescribed by treating physician
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Participant reported decision-making process for antifibrotic therapy persistence or discontinuation when considering the impact of tolerability and adverse events collected via semi-structured qualitative participant interviews
Secondary outcomes
Participant reported psychological and clinical processes of perceiving/managing adverse event-related burdens, and factors influencing the will to continue therapy collected via semi-structured qualitative participant interviews
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