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Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisQUALIFY IPFNCT03710824

Investigating Trends in Quality of Life in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Under Treatment With Nintedanib

An observational study of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, run by Boehringer Ingelheim at 10 sites in Greece.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial 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. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 40 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
What is being tested?
Nintedanib
How many people
180 participants
Where
10 sitesGreece
Study dates
28 Feb 2019to 22 Feb 2023
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 40 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Newly diagnosed IPF patients initiating treatment with nintedanib according to their physician's clinical decision will be enrolled in this study. In details, patients will be eligible to enroll in the study if the fulfil all the inclusion criteria.

Who may be able to join

  • Patients ≥40 years of age.
  • Patients that have signed Informed Consent Form.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Patients that are able to read, understand and complete the study specific questionnaires.

Who cannot join

  • Treatment with nintedanib for more than 7 days prior to study enrolment.
  • Patients receiving a combination therapy of nintedanib \& pirfenidone for IPF.
  • Patients that meet any of the contraindications to the administration of the study drug nintedanib according to the approved SmPC.
  • Prior treatment with pirfenidone or other treatment for IPF.
  • Participation in an interventional study.
  • 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.

Trial locations and contacts

10 sites in 1 country.

10 sites in 1 country

Greece10 sites
  • University General Hospital of Evros

    Alexandroupoli, 68100

  • Gen. Hosp. of Chest Diseases "Sotiria", Univ. Resp. Med.

    Athens, 11527

  • University General Hospital Attikon

    Athens, 124 62

  • General Hospital of Kerkyra

    Corfu, 49100

  • University Hospital of Heraklion, University Pulmonology Cl

    Heraklion, 71100

  • Univ. Gen. Hosp. of Ioannina

    Ioannina, 45 500

  • General University Hospital of Larissa

    Larissa, 41110

  • Univ. Gen. Hosp. of Patras

    Pátrai, 26504

  • A Pulmonology Clinic "G.Papanikolaou" Hospital Thessaloniki

    Thessaloniki, 57010

  • General Hospital of Thessaloniki "G. Papanikolaou"

    Thessaloniki, 57010

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About this study

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.

Being tested
Nintedanib
Medical subject headings
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • NintedanibDrug

    diagnosed IPF patients initiating treatment with nintedanib

Study groups in NCT03710824
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Nintedanib for patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisNot described
Receives: Drug: Nintedanib

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Mean Change From Baseline in Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Using SGRQ Score at 3 Months

    St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) is a 50-item questionnaire assessing 3 domains: symptoms (frequency and severity of respiratory symptoms), activity (activities that cause, or are limited by, breathlessness) and psychosocial impact (range of aspects concerning social functioning and the psychological impact of the disease) that was self-completed by patients at all study visits. The total SGRQ score and the score for each domain range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating worse HRQoL.

    Change from baseline defined as: post baseline - baseline value. Mixed model analysis with fixed effects of visit, GAPBSL stage, FVCBSL (cut off <70%), DLCOBSL (cut off <40%), number of comorbidities and baseline score by visit interaction.

    Measured: At baseline and at 3 months.

  2. Mean Change From Baseline in Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Using SGRQ Score at 6 Months

    St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) is a 50-item questionnaire assessing 3 domains: symptoms (frequency and severity of respiratory symptoms), activity (activities that cause, or are limited by, breathlessness) and psychosocial impact (range of aspects concerning social functioning and the psychological impact of the disease) that was self-completed by patients at all study visits. The total SGRQ score and the score for each domain range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating worse HRQoL.

    Change from baseline defined as: post baseline - baseline value. Mixed model analysis with fixed effects of visit, GAPBSL stage, FVCBSL (cut off <70%), DLCOBSL (cut off <40%), number of comorbidities and baseline score by visit interaction.

    Measured: At baseline and at 6 months.

  3. Mean Change From Baseline in Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Using SGRQ Score at 9 Months

    St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) is a 50-item questionnaire assessing 3 domains: symptoms (frequency and severity of respiratory symptoms), activity (activities that cause, or are limited by, breathlessness) and psychosocial impact (range of aspects concerning social functioning and the psychological impact of the disease) that was self-completed by patients at all study visits. The total SGRQ score and the score for each domain range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating worse HRQoL.

    Change from baseline defined as: post baseline - baseline value. Mixed model analysis with fixed effects of visit, GAPBSL stage, FVCBSL (cut off <70%), DLCOBSL (cut off <40%), number of comorbidities and baseline score by visit interaction.

    Measured: At baseline and at 9 months.

  4. Mean Change From Baseline in Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Using SGRQ Score at 12 Months

    St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) is a 50-item questionnaire assessing 3 domains: symptoms (frequency and severity of respiratory symptoms), activity (activities that cause, or are limited by, breathlessness) and psychosocial impact (range of aspects concerning social functioning and the psychological impact of the disease) that was self-completed by patients at all study visits. The total SGRQ score and the score for each domain range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating worse HRQoL.

    Change from baseline defined as: post baseline - baseline value. Mixed model analysis with fixed effects of visit, GAPBSL stage, FVCBSL (cut off <70%), DLCOBSL (cut off <40%), number of comorbidities and baseline score by visit interaction.

    Measured: At baseline and at 12 months.

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. Mean Change From Baseline of Dyspnoea Burden With Modified Medical Research Council Scale (mMRC) Score

    The modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) consists of a 5-level rating scale (grades 0-4) based on the patient's perception of dyspnoea (perception of breathlessness) in daily activities, with grade 4 representing the most severe category.

    Change from baseline defined as: post baseline - baseline value. Mixed model analysis with fixed effects of visit, GAPBSL stage, FVCBSL (cut off <70%), DLCOBSL (cut off <40%), number of comorbidities and baseline score by visit interaction.

    Measured: At baseline and at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months.

  2. Mean Change Form Baseline to the Follow up Period of Cough Burden With Cough-Visual Analogue Scale (Cough-VAS)

    Patients were asked at each study visit to rate their perceived intensity of cough due to their IPF on a vertical VAS ranging from 0 to 100, with endpoints labelled as 'no cough' ('100'), 'moderate cough' ('50'), and 'intense cough' ('0').

    Change from baseline defined as: post baseline - baseline value. Mixed model analysis with fixed effects of visit, GAPBSL stage, FVCBSL (cut off <70%), DLCOBSL (cut off <40%), number of comorbidities and baseline score by visit interaction.

    Measured: At baseline, and at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months.

  3. Percentage of Adhered Patients to Nintedanib Treatment With Simplified Medication Adherence Questionnaire (SMAQ)

    SMAQ consisted of 6 items of which, four were dichotomous (Yes/No), one was Likert-type and one was an open question. A patient was considered as non-adherent, if he/she gave a positive response to any of the qualitative questions, and in terms of quantification, if the patient had lost one of the two daily doses for more than 2 days or had not taken medication for more than four complete days during the past 3 months.

    Measured: At 3, 6, 9, and 12 months.

  4. Mean Change of Anxiety in IPF Patients Treated With Nintedanib From Baseline to Follow up Period Via Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-7) Questionnaire

    Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-7) is a 7-item instrument validated for anxiety evaluation that could be used in an outpatient setting. Patients were asked at all study visits to indicate how often they experienced anxiety symptoms over the previous two weeks on a 4-point Likert scale as follows: 0 = 'not at all'; 1 = 'several days'; 2 = 'more than half the days'; and 3 = 'nearly every day'.

    Change from baseline defined as: post baseline - baseline value. Mixed model analysis with fixed effects of visit, GAPBSL stage, FVCBSL (cut off <70%), DLCOBSL (cut off <40%), number of comorbidities and baseline score by visit interaction.

    Measured: At baseline, and at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months.

  5. Percentage of Patients That Use Long Term Oxygen Treatment (LTOT)

    Percentage of patients that use Long Term Oxygen Treatment (LTOT) is presented.

    Measured: At baseline, and at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted18 Oct 2018
  2. Study start28 Feb 2019
  3. Primary completion22 Feb 2023
  4. Study completion22 Feb 2023

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
180 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03710824
Sponsor's protocol ID
1199-0355
Acronym
QUALIFY IPF
Status last verified
Feb 2024
First submitted
16 Oct 2018
Last updated
31 Jul 2024
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: After the study is completed and the primary manuscript is accepted for publishing, researchers can use this following link https://www.mystudywindow.com/msw/datasharing to request access to the clinical study documents regarding this study, and upon a signed "Document Sharing Agreement". Also, Researchers can use the following link https://www.mystudywindow.com/msw/datasharing to find information in order to request access to the clinical study data, for this and other listed studies, after the submission of a research proposal and according to the terms outlined in the website. The data shared are the raw clinical study data sets.

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, run by Boehringer Ingelheim at 10 sites in Greece.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 31 Jul 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 10 sites in Greece. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 31 Jul 2024). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Mean Change From Baseline in Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Using SGRQ Score at 3 Months (time frame: At baseline and at 3 months.). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 31 Jul 2024.

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