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ArticleBiomedicines2022

Long-Term Safety of Antifibrotic Drugs in IPF: A Real-World Experience.

Stefano Levra, Giuseppe Guida, Andrea Elio Sprio, Flavio Crosa, Paolo Carlo Ghio, Francesca Bertolini, Vitina Carriero, Carlo Albera, Fabio Luigi Massimo Ricciardolo

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Article in Biomedicines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Survival impact and safety comparison of pirfenidone and nintedanib for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A meta-analysis.Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases : official journal of WASOG · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Stefano LevraDepartment of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, 10043 Turin, Italy.
Giuseppe GuidaDepartment of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, 10043 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3876-8587
Andrea Elio SprioDepartment of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, 10043 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5891-871X
Flavio CrosaSevere Asthma and Rare Lung Disease Unit, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Orbassano, 10043 Turin, Italy.
Paolo Carlo GhioSevere Asthma and Rare Lung Disease Unit, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Orbassano, 10043 Turin, Italy.
Francesca BertoliniDepartment of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, 10043 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4390-0394
Vitina CarrieroDepartment of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, 10043 Turin, Italy.
Carlo AlberaDepartment of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, 10124 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0334-869X
Fabio Luigi Massimo RicciardoloDepartment of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, 10043 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1826-5018
University of Turin · ITOspedale San Luigi Gonzaga · ITAzienda Ospedaliera Citta' della Salute e della Scienza di Torino · ITIstituto di Farmacologia Traslazionale · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pirfenidone and nintedanib are the only two drugs approved for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Both proved to be safe and well-tolerated in clinical trials, but real-world data and direct comparisons are scarce. This real-life study explored the safety profile of pirfenidone and nintedanib with a prolonged follow-up. We retrospectively collected clinical status, adverse events (AEs), and treatment changes from IPF patients who had started an antifibrotic treatment at our centre from December 2011 to December 2020, including 192 patients treated with pirfenidone and 89 with nintedanib. The majority of patients in both groups experienced one or more AEs during the follow-up. A higher proportion of AEs in the nintedanib group were effectively treated with behavioural modifications or additional medications compared with the pirfenidone group (52.5% vs. 40.6%,

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idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisnintedanibpirfenidonereal-life

Identifiers

PMID36551989
PMCPMC9775369
OpenAlexW4311236132

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