Journal
RESPIRATORY RESEARCH
Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12931-022-02095-6
Keywords
Connective tissue diseases; Pulmonary fibrosis; Scleroderma; systemic; Vital capacity
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- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
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This study compared FVC values in SSc-ILD patients with hypothetical healthy references and found that there was a significant decline in FVC over 52 weeks in the patients. Nintedanib was able to slow down the decline in FVC, highlighting its clinical relevance in treating SSc-ILD patients.
Background: The forced vital capacity (FVC) of healthy individuals depends on their age, sex, ethnicity and height. Systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) is characterised by loss of FVC. We compared FVC values in the subjects with SSc-ILD in the SENSCIS trial of nintedanib versus placebo with values from hypothetical matched healthy references. Methods: The SENSCIS trial enrolled subjects with SSc with first non-Raynaud symptom in the prior <= 7 years, extent of fibrotic ILD on HRCT >= 10%, and FVC >= 40% predicted. FVC at baseline and decline in FVC over 52 weeks were compared with FVC values in hypothetical healthy reference subjects matched 1:1 to the subjects in the trial for age, sex, ethnicity and height, determined using equations published by the European Respiratory Society Global Lung Function Initiative. Results: At baseline, mean (SD) FVC was 2460 (737) mL in the nintedanib group (n = 287) compared with 3403 (787) mL in the hypothetical matched healthy references. Mean (SD) FVC was 2544 (817) mL in the placebo group (n = 286) compared with 3516 (887) mL in the hypothetical matched healthy references. Mean (SE) changes in FVC at week 52, i.e., age-related loss of lung function, in the hypothetical healthy references matched to the nintedanib and placebo groups, respectively, were - 26.3 (0.5) mL and - 25.8 (0.5) mL. The difference in the change in FVC at week 52 between the nintedanib group and the hypothetical healthy references was 26.6 mL (95% CI: 1.2, 52.0; p = 0.04). The difference in the change in FVC at week 52 between the placebo group and the hypothetical healthy references was 77.5 mL (95% CI: 51.4, 103.7; p < 0.0001). Conclusions: Subjects with SSc-ILD in the SENSCIS trial had impaired lung function at baseline and experienced further deterioration over 52 weeks. The decline in FVC in the placebo group was four-fold greater than in a hypothetical group of matched healthy references, whereas the decline in FVC in patients who received nintedanib was two-fold greater than in hypothetical healthy references. These data highlight the clinical relevance of the slowing of FVC decline provided by nintedanib.
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