Home spirometry in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: data from the INMARK trial
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Journal Article
Abstract
Data from the INMARK trial were used to investigate the feasibility and validity of home spirometry as a measure of lung function decline in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).Subjects with IPF and preserved forced vital capacity (FVC) were randomised to receive nintedanib or placebo for 12 weeks followed by open-label nintedanib for 40 weeks. Clinic spirometry was conducted at baseline and weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36 and 52. Subjects were asked to perform home spirometry at least once a week and ideally daily. Correlations between home- and clinic-measured FVC and rates of change in FVC were assessed using Pearson correlation coefficients.In total, 346 subjects were treated. Mean adherence to weekly home spirometry decreased over time but remained above 75% in every 4-week period. Over 52 weeks, mean adherence was 86%. Variability in change from baseline in FVC was greater when measured by home rather than clinic spirometry. Strong correlations were observed between home- and clinic-measured FVC at all time-points (r=0.72 to 0.84), but correlations between home- and clinic-measured rates of change in FVC were weak (r=0.26 for rate of decline in FVC over 52 weeks).Home spirometry was a feasible and valid measure of lung function in patients with IPF and preserved FVC, but estimates of the rate of FVC decline obtained using home spirometry were poorly correlated with those based on clinic spirometry.
Date Issued
2021-01-08
Date Acceptance
2020-12-09
Citation
European Respiratory Journal, 2021, 58 (1), pp.1-10
ISSN
0903-1936
Publisher
European Respiratory Society
Start Page
1
End Page
10
Journal / Book Title
European Respiratory Journal
Volume
58
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
©ERS 2021 This version is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Sponsor
National Institute for Health Research
British Lung Foundation
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33419890
PII: 13993003.01518-2020
Grant Number
CS-2013-13-017
C17-3
Subjects
INMARK trial investigators
11 Medical and Health Sciences
Respiratory System
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
England
Date Publish Online
2021-01-08